Page 4 - Charles Evans Homegoing Program

Poem
Straight from the Heart: By Charles Evans (Chuck)
I been doing s*** backwards for a long time.
Being hot headed and doing dumb s***, that’s what stayed on my mind.
Had to grow up, get upon my grind.
Made a promise to my OG that I’m always gone shine.
Who would’ve thought it ah be like this.
Going through s*** I didn’t understand as a kid.
Family say that they love me and s*** I love them too.
But I can’t be mad at them about the s*** I been through.
Mama didn’t raise me wrong, I was just a bad kid.
Had to really hold strong during my last bid.
Lost some of my brothers in the past few years.
Yawl would’ve made it out if yawl was still here.
Doyah, that s*** hurt me the most.
You don’t really feel pain until you lose somebody close.
They say “It’s gone be okay, got to keep yourself together... You can’t drown yourself in water when the streets put you under
pressure.”
I locked my feelings in a bottle and it turned my heart cold.
You can’t walk in my shoes or live the story I’ve told.
I was a lost soul, mad at the things I couldn’t control.
Since a shorty I stayed up on the 9, popped out with Doyah and was introduced to the street side.
Jumped into it didn’t know what I was doing at the time.
Shot at 14, my life flashed before my eyes.
I came from the struggle, now I see better days.
I had to get down on my knees and pray for this life.
Try to right my wrongs so I can see the light.
My OG pray for me, my brothers watch over me, my son look up to me so I know who I got to be because the streets not safe for me.