Knowledge Of 12th - Will Sessions, eLZhi

Up and down the streets of 12th all I saw was the livin' lawless

Nothing was flawless

The kid pumpin' raw was slangin' his harvest

He’ll be fourteen in August with whiskers like a walrus

I observed as a youth and vests is bulletproof

From drama on the streets to problems under my roof

The city ain’t been the same since the block got scorched from all the riots

They say they used to sleep on they porch

At least that’s what I heard eavesdroppin' on card games

Sneakin' to sip Miller in the era of Thriller

You feel the chill of your body how mommy tells you to get down

From shots bustin' out the window of a Monte Carlo

They found Marlow lyin' dead with his Marlboro half-lit

By some half-wit who lost his marbles

Or was it retaliations from fiends in the alley

Chasin' his first high and now he basin'

I’m just givin' you my views, that made me confused

Like seein' bums with no shoes who’s beggin to buy booze

My cousin abused drugs,

Was too young to know greens can take away your blues

Or the crack, or the liquor from the lack

Of the figures are bein' stacked

Niggas black from the back of the trigger

They might point it at they self with livin' on 12th

Dream of get rich schemin' while demons move stealth

Think about what they drove and the way that we’re clothed

Have your family ever had to heat your house with the stove?

Refrigerator on E, your kitchen full of mouse traps

Eating Ramen noodles till someone in your house snaps

You would sneak up the block and get your mouth slapped, probably in front of

your friends

Your momma’s plans undoubtedly was tryna' get you out of harm’s way

Where they set off fire alarms with firearm spray

On 12th Street