No 2 people are alike

Watched the second half of the Black in America special on CNN....this one focused on the black male.....the injustices they have suffered.....the cycle of teenage fatherhood growing......no 2 people are alike.....Dyson proved that......he, a professor.....his younger brother serving life in jail......educated black men are scarce.....growing up in the hood doesn't mean that u have to stay there.....your struggles should encourage you to better yourself.....i guess this is were role models come in.....grew up in a single mother household......but i think i came out ok.....can't say that for everyone else though......
No 2 people are alike....

Black in America

Watched the special today on being Black in America.....especially being a black woman in America......know that i am an educated woman......know the issues i face.....know that i don't have any kids.....know that i don't want to get married until my finances are right....but i wonder what mistakes i will make along the way......i know that as a black woman it will be hard to find a black man that thinks like me, appreciates the things that i appreciate.....so should my option be to date a white man? Either way, i'm very openminded to that option because most GOOD black men are either already taken or are gay......and the other half are stuck in jail........and i would know that as a black woman.....but this is where some more questions arise.....you see i am black.....but most importantly African......and with that comment i have even more narrowed down the chances of me marrying a black man......so again what are my options?.......
Half of the African-American population is uneducated per the special.....we are more than likely to suffer from teenage pregnancies and H.I.V/A.I.D.S.....and we know this....even living in the hood black people know this.....but we still continue to do the things that we do and let history repeat itself?
So tell me America, how do we stop it?

Addictions

I'm addicted to cigarettes
It's a fixation i can't seem to get rid of
Funny how when i'm around certain people its under control
I'm addicted to someone
It's a fixation i can't seem to resist
Funny how when i'm around that person smoking doesn't even come to mind
I'm addicted to writing
It's a fixation i will always embrace
Funny how when i'm writing i can't seem to think of anything else
All my addictions are fatal
They will eventually get the best of me
Funny thing is i have learned to balance them all
Love them equally
They are all exceptional to me
But when the day comes that i have to give them all up
The passion for any of them will slowly diminsh
They will become nothing but distant memories
Favorite distant memories
Signs of the past that will be hard to let go
So i will live and let die