a poem i wrote two parts to it, one about my life, the second about the government |
AS A YOUNGEN I WAS DUMB NOT SEEING THE MONSTER I BECOME HIDEN BEHIND SMOKE AND MIRRORS DRINKING THIS RUM I AINT WHO I USED TO BE, MY HEART BLACKER THEN COLE I FOUND MYSELF TRYNING DIG UP OUT THIS HOLE THAT I DUG HOPEN I CAN SOME HOW FIND MY SOUL ONLY JUST TO SEE HOW IT FEELS TO BE WHOLE FOLLOWING GREED INSTEAD OF LISTENING TO CHRIST ADVICE GOT ME IN A WORLD OF HELL TO BE REAL PRECISE FEELING NICE, HAD TEH DEVILS PIE AND I ATE A SLICE THEN I SEEN THE LIGHT, COULDNT AFFORD TO PAY THE PRICE ALMOST LOST MY LIFE, WHAT I GET FOR LIVEN TRIFE BUT I THANK GOD I NEVER GOT KNOCKED BY THE VICE NOW I KNOW THEM NEAR MISSES WAS GODS KISSES ANSWERED MY PREYERS GAVE ME HOPE AND SOME WISHES CANT BE STUCK BEHIND THIS CLOSED DOOR SHAKEN MY HEAD CANT TAKE IT NO MORE ( VERSE 2 ) WHY THE RICH GET RICHER AND THE POOR DONT GET A DAM THING WE THE BACKBONE, LOWER CLASS BOXEN UP THE DAM RING WHEN AMERICAS ARMS FALL WE BEAR ARMS AND BE THE SLING STILL THE GOVERMENT PUTS US TRHOUGH THE WRING TREATS US EVERYDAY PEOPLE LIKE A ONE NIGHT FLING EVEN THO WERE THE KNOT TO THE WORLDS STRINGS WE DO THE HARDEST JOBS FOR THE LOWEST OF WAGE HOW YOU GON GUAGE THE SELF WORTH OF A MAN IN A CAGE SHOWEN OFF RAGE, MAN WE WORKING THROUGH OLD AGE WE BARLY SEE PAY, OR GET TO PLAY ON THE SET WE STAGE SOMETIMES I FEEL LIKE LIFES A LIVING GRAVE IF YOU AINT A CEO THEN YOU JUST A SLAVE BUT IM A NEW WAVE, SENDING SHOCK WAVES TO YO BRAIN STAND UP MUHFUCKERS AND BREAK THE CHAINE WE CANT BE STUCK BEHIND THIS CLOSED DOOR SHAKEN OUR HEADS WE CANT TAKE IT NO MORE |