RAP IT UP:

Winner of Essay Contest 2006 by “D-Low” from Portage, Indiana

Yo, I know we see a lot of our peers
Girls lying on their back,
whether they’re scared or they fear
When the tears come down cryin’ like rain
Because she made the wrong decision,
knowing she should abstain.
Now she’s suffering from emotional,
mental and physical pain
And she feelin’ kinda sick,
can’t get the thoughts outta her brain.

There’s so much more to life
than physical penetration
Like going to school,
learning and gettin’ yo education
Now fellas, if she get mad
and ladies if he get grumpy
Tell yo opposite you need
love and marriage like Al Bundy.

So instead of pressuring
you should wait and see
Cause if it’s real love,
you’ll know it’s meant to be
Hold back when
in a moment of ecstasy
Remember 1 in 4 teens
having sex have an STD
You don’t wanna end up with
Chlamydia, Gonorrhea or HIV
If you have sex before marriage,
it’s a mistake to me.

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