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Sep 16
He don’t know **** about having a crew backing him
Nothing about protection
About blood
The streets up north
The painters

Crazy-*** Louis
****** kid with a Muay Thai story
Blazed-out, cigarette-strewn room
Reeking, ready to throw down
Yeah, exactly

He don’t know **** about H-Town
Linden
OK, machetes, PBS
HCT, fingers and knives
Suicidals, street fights, the scene
Doors, rings, psychosis, brawls
Straightening things out

He don’t know **** about Dennis
Thrown into a group home at seven
Never cry
Or it’s lockdown
Permpool Northside money-printing nights
Flipping cash
Packs of smokes
Cartons, busted bodegas

He don’t know **** about Gino
Mom on ******, dead
Dad locked up, mind in orbit
Funeral, ****** crowd
Feelings buried under a hoodie
Chest out

He don’t know ****
Just a little
Only the tip
The iceberg’s carried by
The colossus

He don’t know ****
That’s his blessing
He Don't Know ****
Max Neumann
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Max Neumann  M/Inner Shelter
(M/Inner Shelter)   
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