by James
You may be able to free write; but I wish I was able to write free
See the thing about me is I’m just a HUMAN being
And I really don’t know how I’d do free
Most because I like things with no fee
And I don’t know how to let the bad things be
But I do know when I’m out
You’ll see me do nothing for clout
No excuses but I’m going to stay home
Because outside I’m known to get ruthless
But inside I still tend to make my own mess –
I mess up my family but the love I still see from Alyssa and Velli
They know the true me
Nickname is Tiny but AMBITION is bigger than he
Talking small; no, I want it all
They told me I would fall, but I run when that check calls
But foolishly I go for easy money CLUELESSLY
Not knowing what pain I’ll bring to the FAMILY I need.
“I need to be REAL”, no, you see “real”, I feel like that word is fake
Because “real” causes people to make mistakes
“Real” is a word that causes so much hate;
But KNOWLEDGE – “I need to acknowledge that I need”
To use my SMARTS more than I abuse my HEART
To go through with what I need to do
To not act new when my family needs food
See me and you, we need but we do not need to TAKE
To take rubbish from your UGLYNESS or money from your wealthiness
To stay away from being like you I’d rather be wealthy-less;
Still I am not broke, I still have FAITH to grope
I still have LOVE I HOPE but nope
You tried to take that when you took my FREEDOM;
But my freedom is only a piece of my KINGDOM up top
And not the heavens but in the BRAINS of my people
Who use their BRAVERY to get through PAIN you see
BEATEN like SLAVERY; but in 2k19 it’s not called slavery
It’s called the SYSTEM. We try to fight for what’s right,
Then we do wrong and we’re in the fight for our LIFE
Life we live, ALLEIGIANCE we give
To fake un-promised love given to us by our peers
So we act out, cry and pout, when things don’t go our way
Well, I’m done crying; TODAY is my CHANGE
Changing the future so my kids don’t have to be
The slave who never was
-James, Las Cruces, New Mexico