Hood Love

Hood Love

A Story by E.L. Grimes
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Chris was just trying to make it out here on these streets. But when he meets the Bonnie to his Clyde, his life will be changed forever.

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A.K.A The Lost Episode
He was a boy from the hood, growing up in South Central
Problems with the L.A. Law were weighing on his mental
An All American under the Friday Night Lights
Those were the Good Times in Heat Of The Night
No time for Family Matters, he was married to the streets
A True Blood, he felt like The Last O.G.
More than Gang Related, he was deep in The Game
He did for the love while most did it for the Fame
His name caught the ears of a cop named Columbo
Involving some Gunsmoke from over a year ago
He got wind of the time he was facing
His mom told him about the opportunity he was wasting
She said he had the Power to be so much more
That just a Top Boy found dead on the floor
Or locked up doing life in jail
Never to see the light like his boys Keenan & Kel
He knew What was Happenin', time to take that ride
So he moved to The Chi deep on The Southside
To live with his aunt Thea who was all about church
She took him in and put his a*s to work
She had a Soul Food restaurant with her husband a few blocks away
Uncle Bernie was a Mac way back in the day
A Proud Family. they had two kids
Malcolm and Eddie, who was just coming home from a bid
The two clicked off the bat, became thicker than thieves
Hanging out after work with this girl named Eve
Now Eve had a rep as the neighborhood w***e
She was a Teen Mom from the Jersey Shore
Her family moved On the Block back in 2003
Since then she had a couple of run ins with Chicago P.D.
Other than that, she was cool, like one of the fellas
And every weekend they would hang together
She came by the spot one Friday night
Talking about a kick back the next day up in Lincoln Heights
"Instead of being In The House let's make this Saturday Night Live"
Eve showed up with a Party Of Five
2 Broke Girls that were always begging
Her girl Mary Jane who looked thick in some leggings
Her boy Luther who was Half And Half
Half man half b***h, but he was good for a laugh
And The New Girl, nobody seemed to know her
They locked eyes with Eve and they motioned her over
"Who's your girl, is she Living Single?"
"Is she Married With Children or is she down to mingle?"
She grinned and said "you don't need my help"
"You wanna make a Love Connection, better ask her yourself"
Just then Chris saw his Cousin Skeeter
He said "do me a favor, I just got to meet her"
Now Chris was never the type to be Insecure
Definitely Shameless when it came to the ladies, for sure
But something was just special about this girl
Like she was Touched By An Angel, sent from Another World
She was Bold And Beautiful, Young And Restless
Her Twin Peaks just let him breathless
She was Black-ish with a hint of Asian
At First Take, Queen Sugar looked so amazing
Skeeter set it up, he said "it's nice to meet ya"
She said "I'm Charmed boo, my name is Moesha"
He told her "My Name Is Earl but my friends call me Chris"
This was a chance that he just could not miss
He said "in this Full House,girl  you're all that I see"
"I'm Bewitched by your beauty, run it down for me"
"Tell me your story and don't be a Pretty Little Liar"
She laid it all like she was wearing a Wire
"I'm a single mother from Atlanta, where the streets are harder"
"And All My Children, they have the same father"
Moonlighting as a stripper, she had dreams in Law And Order
To provide a better life for her son and her daughter
She had Passions for love and hopes of getting married
Living in The Boondocks, a Little House On The Prairie
In her early Twenties, she lost her Guiding Light
When her grandma died of cancer, though she fought The Good Fight
That's when she started Breaking Bad, started Wildin' Out
Started dating Drug Lords til she almost got caught
It was like Euphoria just hearing her speak
She put her number in her phone as the party began to cease
They parted ways and he hailed a Taxi
Back to the crib so he could get some sleep
The next morning, he felt like The Walking Dead
With the worst hangover, but he couldn't get her out of her head
He had to Get Shorty, her vibe was straight fire
He dreamed of settling down and building an Empire
And quicker than Black Lightning they became an Odd Couple
She did her best to try and keep Chris out of trouble
He started hanging with his cousins Fat Albert and Roc
Who had beef with The Wayans Brothers from around the block
Two rivaling cliques that called the Southside home
Battling over turf like a Game Of Thrones
Everybody wanted to be the King Of The Hill
Thugging it out with the Remington Steele
It was like a war of The Have And Have Nots
A Family Feud for that number one spot
And As The World Turned, the beef began to swell
It all came to a head at The Bates Motel
While chilling with Moesha about a quarter til four
He was giving her Different Strokes when they kicked in the door
Chris got robbed for his loot by Two And A Half Men
It was Martin and Frasier and that gay a*s twin
Naked And Afraid, Chris swore revenge
Moe held him tight as she said Amen
You only get One Life To Live, as she dropped to her knees
Cause theirs was spared when the intruders squeezed
The gun jammed and they ran like hell
Chris and Moe felt like they were Saved By The Bell
Word on the streets, everybody was saying
Those Three Stooges took orders from the Wayans
Them Little Rascals had to die tonight
He knew somebody who would do it if The Price Is Right
But for Chris this was personal, a One On One
He called his boy Perry Mason to buy a gun
Moesha was scared and she begged him to stop
She told him to Get Smart and just call the Cops
He said "I'm Mad About You. you're my love For Life"
"If Loving You Is Wrong, I don't wanna be right"
"If I don't make it home, kiss the kids goodnight"
He grabbed his heat and walked off into The Edge Of The Night
As she stared out the window watching the Snow Fall
She said a prayer hoping God heard her call
Chris rode around the city with murder on my mind
Looking in every Dark Shadow, but they were hard to find
He finally spotted one of the brothers on 106 And Park
He hopped out the car ready to let the gun spark
There was a Big Bang right outside of Bob's Burgers
Now he had to figure out How To Get Away With Murder
The First 48 hours were pure torture for Chris
But luckily there were no witnesses
The streets were talking and nobody knew his name
Then karma came back around just like a Boomerang
Like a scene from The Twilight Zone, In Living Color
Moe was hit by a car driven by one of The Wayans Brothers
She had internal bleeding and a couple of broken ribs
Laying in the General Hospital fighting to live
It was an accident but all the same
The driver of the car felt he was totally to blame
He sent flowers, offered to cover the bill
Not knowing that Chris was the reason that his brother was killed
With Ryan's Hope, Moe survived the crash
The families called a truce, there was peace at last
Nervous that the brothers would find out how it really went down
The lovebirds hatched a plan to get the heck out of town
She said in Philadelphia, I Heard It's Always Sunny
So they used their Family Ties to stack up some money
They started a new life, left the past for the now
Stood before the Preacher and professed their vows
Funny how Perfect Strangers form the strongest ties
Chris never once pictured himself as that Family Guy
But there he was with his Wife And Kids
Reflecting on his life and all the things he did
He could've made it to The League but the streets were calling
No more banging and no more balling
He was a changed man, now it's all about his family
The thug life didn't work now it's time for plan b
He dropped to his knees and confessed his truths
You see The Devil May Cry, but God watches over fools

© 2020 E.L. Grimes


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Added on May 2, 2020
Last Updated on May 2, 2020
Tags: urban romance, hood love, rhyming. just for fun, urban, romance

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E.L. Grimes
E.L. Grimes

Atlanta, GA



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