I COME FROM

I come From a Woman Named Josette M. Lockett
The lady that gave Birth to me February 7th 1995 on a Tuesday

I come From a Family of two siblings
One brother and one sister

I come From a Single Mother
My birth father left before my first Birthday

I come From MANHATTAN
The neighborhood HARLEM, Westside Territory

I come From the Ghetto
Where people fight, stab, steal from, shoot at each other everyday

I come From a Unwealthy family
Where scraping coins together to survive is a must

I come From saying I hate school everyday
And never doing work when suppose to

But now I come From being in the same grade three years in a row
To catching back up and Graduating One year after I'm suppose to

I come From having siblings not able to get a job because of there School education
To doing maintenance work and helping mom pay the bills.

I COME FROM NOTHING TO SOON BEING SUCCESFUL