Just Another Gangster Daddy Poem by Hope Bennett

I heard shots were fired
that taught his kid to fly.
The conversation,
he shot so carelessly
like a lie.
He was the daddy
to the kid that died.
He's going to prison
charged with homicide.
They knew if they tried
to save him it would
have been suicide.

Another kid caught his wings tonight.
An angel learning how to fly.
He had more to live for in his life,
but the bullets his daddy shot
chose him to die.

Daddy can't explain,
the bullet from his gun
was only a stray.
That one stray took
his baby away.
He can't explain,
he'd lose his gangster fame,
family days gone to waste.

Another kid caught his wings tonight.
An angel learning how to fly.
He had more to live for in his life,
but the bullets his daddy shot
chose him to die.

If he had one more day,
he says he'd change his ways.
He let his life
take his baby away.
But he's gone
he has no more chances.
His baby boy's dead
clearing his head
as he advances
everything enhances.

Another kid caught his wings tonight.
An angel learning how to fly.
He had more to live for in his life,
but the bullets his daddy shot
chose him to die.

This is what took daddy to realize
he needed to change his life.