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This from a series of posts from our message boards

by O.C. LaLa 714

Its alright lil man
Your beauty intoxicates all you encounter,
Yet you fail to notice,
This is your blunder,

You’ve had a rough time,
Though now it is over,
But yet you continue clinging to what is left over,

And in doing this your depression grows deeper,
Pulling you apart at the seams,
Causing you to unravel and fall to you knees,
Pondering desperately: “How much worse can it be? ”

To ease your mind of your terrible burden,
You bargain with Satan (as if he cares),
Giving you a release, in turn for your soul:
That you believe tarnished and not worth much at all,

When all of your friends have been with you till now,
But here comes the crossroads up ahead,
They give you a choice: “Stand tall or fall down.”

You have your beauty and charm,
Your intelligence and grace,
Good friends and your health,
What more does it take for you?

At first I thought this was a really bad idea, now I like it. A lot of people never get to see these parts of town and form judgments based on lack of information, perhaps if people see the reality there might be more action.

Los Angeles bus tours to offer visitors a look at cradle of nation’s gang culture
Irish Times
A GROUP of civic activists, united by faith and a belief that the poor economy in the interior of Los Angeles is a social injustice, is preparing to offer bus tours of some of the city’s grittiest pockets, including decayed public housing, sites of shoot-outs and streets ravaged by racial unrest.

One in 5 town residents belong to a gang…

Gangs plague small E Wash town of Outlook
Seattle Times
The Yakima Herald-Republic reports that officials estimate one out of every five residents in the town of 470 belongs to a gang. Violence has become a problem, including the wounding of a Yakima County sheriff’s deputy last summer.

With the vast majority of towns now reporting gang activity this realization is an interesting admission

Gangs exist in ‘nice’ communities
Dunwoody Crier
Speaking to the Dunwoody-Chamblee Parents Council on Internet safety and gang intervention, Whaley defined a gang as three or more people who commit illegal …

This from SafeYouth.org

Not Just an Inner-City Problem
Although many people think of gangs as a problem confined to the inner-city neighborhoods, that is clearly no longer the case. In the past few decades there has been a dramatic increase in the growth of gang problems in smaller cities, towns, and villages.^[16] When surveyed in 1999, 66 percent of large cities, 47 percent of suburban counties, 27 percent of small cities, and 18 percent of rural counties reported active youth gangs.^[17]

Gangs in suburban, small town, and rural areas are different than gangs in large cities. They include more females, white, and younger youth, and are more likely to have ethnically and racially mixed memberships.^[18]

Gang behavior and the lack of fathers in homes | eLetters
The Rev. Leon Kelly makes a very revealing statement when he says, “Moms are grieving because they feel like they’ve lost their kids to this [gang] behavior.”

Everyone at Gangstyle wishes you a joyful Christmas and a hopeful New Year.

Enjoy time with your family, stay safe and find a good Bible believing church where you can praise Jesus for what he has done throughout the year.

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Are Christian rappers weak or are their skills under estimated?

What do you think?

You have taken out my heart and ripped it to shreads,
Just imagine it in your hand, no more puppin, its simply dead.
You have left cuts all over it, its bleeding down the side,
do you really care if is living of if it has died.
It was suppose to be a light red sort of color,
but you have turned it more purple, with your hands its been smothered.
The shape appears to be alive and full,
but my heart has turned dark and the shape is more like a piece of coal.
it would normally pump with in a musical way,
but my heart seems to have no music to play.
I just want to you see the physical side of what you do,
but it has nothing left, nothing to give and nothing for you.