Cabrini by Doreen Ambrose-Van Lee

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Seen about a thousand hearts broken into a million pieces,

Still teachers and students have to write books and thesis.

Reporters come out and write newspaper articles,

About the changes in Cabrini which contains particles

Of my childhood existence...

Photographers documenting and taking video footage and pics

, As a former resident I am sending out sincere prayers and wishes.

To the remaining four thousand and seven hundred,

Who still call Cabrini home and must lay their heads.

In the place that I once called my home,

A place where thousands upon thousands have roamed.

I am going to take time out to acknowledge the bad times,

Because too often people talk about the good times.

Yeah, bodies dropped, bodies where violated...

It ain't where you're from

It's where you're at.

Eric B. & Rakim