I AM A PRODUCT FROM THE SOUTHSIDE

Name: Darius Colquitt

Curren Age at Time of Composition: 26

Birthdate: June 10th, 1986

Great! Now we’re past the preliminary. Sit.

Take a load off! Enjoy the ride!

Allow me to Reintroduce myself:

I Am A Product of the Southside.

I come from a place where Corner stores, Candy houses,

Condom Wrappers and Crack needles

are Everywhere! Strewn about without a care

The Greasy Restaurants ran by even greasier individuals

Selling Newports, Singularly

poisonin' all the villagers

who cleave to their BIC lighters

cause, Hell, 'BIC’s the best!'

Blowin’ Smoke out like all the vapors

of all the dreams they’ve put to rest.

Yes.See, I’ve been waiting on an

Overcrowded 67 CTA

Riding 30-mins to an

Overcrowded Red Line Train

6am, Look at all the tired faces

Going to & fro, to their own separate places

Just to turn their valuable time into pay

Working to a Dead End

Scaping Day to Day to Day

Today, EBT’s their only benefit

Aunt Ira’s the IRA

No Medical, No Dental

What’s a 401K?

And because they’ve been taught trust

In this false Economay

Every check never invested,

Simply thrown away, but

Hey, No Choice!

Gotta do this 9-9 to stay alive!

It ain’t much, but I steal,

gotta strive and grind for myself and everybody

Who’s invested time into making me

who I be:

A Product of the Southside.

Written for the One Man Producton, “Til The World Blow Up: A ‘Southside Love’ Story” written by & featuring Darius Colquitt. Copyright 2015.