Violence is what I built my life around

There isn’t a day that passes that blood is drenched on me

Whether the blood come from me

Or is from someone in the wrong place or someone that hurt my friends.

I have scars that cover all parts of my body

Suffered from many broken bones and severe bruises

People swap road sides when I’m walking down the path

From the threat that I could snap and just throw a punch at them.

I stand up for any girl who needs help even if I don’t know them

Have put many people in hospital from hitting or pushing a girl around

At times I wish how my life would be if I didn’t build it around violence

But then I realise that having the violence lets me protect those close to me.