Jonylah Forever

You live, you live, you live! How about them bullets? they slow you up You ain’t really dying, we watched you grow up At twelve months you took your first steps Awkwardly across the kitchen floor, did your best Your first breath that we can call words On your father’s lap, on November 21st And they were, “live for me!” and he did for you, Flipped a neutron, and stayed inside the crib for you! And this commitment from your father Imparted a deep sens of value you forever harbour. We were all so proud as we seen you getting smarter And the bond grow deep between the mother and the daughter, Cause you are not a martyr! You live, you live, you live! …it was just a bad dream At six you started reading whole books At seven you knew how the brain looked And can roughly described all the different regions Can tell that we were sick and even knew the reasons. The world wasn’t at peace, gunfire every week And bitch, you were hardly there, cause you was always leaving! Field museums and planetarium aquarium It all sounds special in the tank you were staring in. And in those moments as a real girl, You realized there was a bigger world! Bigger than the South Side, bigger than Chicago You were bigger still when .. on your cargo And big ass woofers in ya car door So you can wink like your daddy at the park eating sharks. Went to King where you were teased for being smart When you bumped into… at teaching art You live forever! …it was just a bad dream Be that ever or never goodbye! Be that ever or never goodbye! Be that At 16 is when you got your scholarship. At 22 is when you got your doctorate Even now is kinda hard to believe But your father taught you to work hard and achieve! And you complied, accepted by every medical school you applied But the coolest thing Is when they offered you that highly paying slot You replied, “they need me in the hood!”, And that’s when you reside! Free clinic, nobody deny it It’s when you heard the shots and you ran outside And saw a man in his van and a blue baby in his hands Fading fast, but you knew she could survive. Did everything you could to keep this girl alive Stabilize until the ambulance arrived And in that moment when you gave your help I bet you didn’t know that you saved yourself! ..open your eyes! You live forever God have mercy!