The South Side
by Fermin Lopez
For some people the south side is “ghetto,”
but for me the south side is home.
When I hear the word ghetto, I think to myself
what does that mean again?
For some people ghetto is a dropout of high school,
but for me ghetto is an education but in a different way.
Some people say, “ oh the south side this…” or,
“oh the south side that.”
But overall they are jealous,
they are jealous that the southsiders have their own way of an education.
For southsiders, their education happens outside of school.
The southsiders education outside of school is hella different
than education inside of school.
For females, their education is seeing their moms
struggling to raise kids on their own.
Their education is them not “trusting”
a man for them to succeed.
For the males their education is
making money on the down low to feed their families.
Their education is
showing their younger siblings self defense.
Their education is,
protecting their moms against dudes who beat her up constantly.
So next time you see a southsider,
think of their way of an education.
Not from the inside of school,
but from the outside of school.
but for me the south side is home.
When I hear the word ghetto, I think to myself
what does that mean again?
For some people ghetto is a dropout of high school,
but for me ghetto is an education but in a different way.
Some people say, “ oh the south side this…” or,
“oh the south side that.”
But overall they are jealous,
they are jealous that the southsiders have their own way of an education.
For southsiders, their education happens outside of school.
The southsiders education outside of school is hella different
than education inside of school.
For females, their education is seeing their moms
struggling to raise kids on their own.
Their education is them not “trusting”
a man for them to succeed.
For the males their education is
making money on the down low to feed their families.
Their education is
showing their younger siblings self defense.
Their education is,
protecting their moms against dudes who beat her up constantly.
So next time you see a southsider,
think of their way of an education.
Not from the inside of school,
but from the outside of school.