Life As I See It

This is what I play for..... To separate the loyal person from the person who is here to bide the time. But that's whatever though: Training Day This is what I've prepped for, This is what I bled for. A means to an end; this what I've used my head for. From victim to victor; from living in history to people HIS-tory. I've always been a man of the people; seeking perfection like a man of the steeple. It seems like something I've always wanted.... something I've always dreamed like; something I've always wanted to be like. College graduate, seeing the world in a new way, learning more about the position I play like I was born in a new day. Cuts, scraps, and bruises; I'm not new to this. Blood, sweat and tears, through it all I do this. Wake up, make up, standing straight up. West Georgia energy with a Morehouse man's make up. As the light dims overhead to show me live on my own. I remember: this is the first quarter, let me show you how I

"No Promethazine I’m a king, no leaning I got a better way to fight these demons Fuck do you know ‘bout my pain?" No drugs, no alcohol, no chemicals....... Graduating 4 times with no cop outs, no escape from the life I've been born into. No Masters degree, no cars or apartments to my name, I've been the underdog from jump. Scary to admit, I've done it to myself. Patiently waiting for the opportunity to to prove to myself that I am all that I believe that I am; good for some, bad for others. So as I stand here to look at where I am. I also have to look at where I came from. So again I ask you: "Fuck do you know about my pain?"