The Hood

The hood is a state of mind

The hood is a state of mine

The hood is a state....

Of being

Being conflicted

Being torn

Being split into two

The hood is ying and yang

It's your grandmama's crib and the corner liquor store

It's the OGs in the alley ways and cops on the freeways 

The hood is a state... of being

The hood is family, the hood is enemies

The hood is laughs, the hood is tears

The hood is pleasure, the hood is pain

The hood is any place that seeks to keep you down 

even though you love it 

and know nothing but it 

yet can't wait to rise above it

The hood is any place that you call home but eventually want to leave

The hood, you see, is America