Why

Why does the hood have gates,
What do they protect? Or is it the limitations they keep there to pro-ject;
Saying this is your cage you must pay with all your check,
Even if you pay for years we still wont give you no respect;
Why are the urban courts so wrecked from years of no cleaning,
As if the only place for us males to dream has no meaning, I think something neat will give us something to believe in,
Even if it means dribbling for no reason;
Why is my school so far and just as worse,
Than the school I was limited to choosing first;
When other schools least effective activity is maybe chess club, ours is most likely saying no to drugs;
Why are the malls closest to me the least favorite,
Saying it's for the people but my people hate it;
 Why can't I trust anyone who says good things,
And "thank yous" to a compliment sound so strange;
I know my strengths but it is not for any one's attention,
I am so misunderstood like I am in another dimension;
I feel as if when I am thinking time fly's
Far from an alphabetic mind because all I have is just "y's"