Shattered Glass
Written and performed by Oversyte

Lyrical Spoken Word / Poetry

I didn't know the world
Til I was 7 years old.
The only thing I had known
Were the Bible stories that were TOLD to me.
But even they were in the censored version...
OF COURSE I absorbed them
I can only BUY what's being SOLD to me...

But then I noticed
The blood on the street...

The shattered glass scattered on the concrete.

My heartbeat
racing
Cuz police kept their siren's wailing
When they DROVE through my street,
And WOKE me from my sleep.

As I lay under my sheets
I see my breath
and take it deep...

My life...
Is all I have to give and still keep.

In the ghetto,
You never know if you'll see tomorrow
And so,
I developed,
a ride or die mentality...

Statistics said I was prone to violence.

Maybe because I had no real guidance.

But if you attack my freedom
and target what I believe in,
Don't be surprised if I decide to fight it!

- Oversyte

Mr. More Than Meets The Eye