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Created on: December 13, 2010
LIVING -N- CHICAGO
It’s was like home to me some
People say it’s a bad place to be
But when I moved there
It made me happy
I loved all the years I was there
But now god placed
Me somewhere else
Because where I lived there
Were many gun shots there
All day and night off and on
Sometime the police Evan had to run
God has our life before
We were even born
So everything in life is in gods plan
So I’ll just say thank you Jesus
Amen
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