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361 · Oct 2018
Poor Man’s Story
JayTP Oct 2018
Yes I’m a man without a house but don’t be stupid and mistake me for being homeless
Some of u with houses and money can’t even point where home is
Ignorance
I’m not trynna justify
But I’m a man who fell on hard times
Y’all gat on the most expensive watch can’t even tell that these are hard times
Oblivious
Young people don’t know how to be serious
My life
U hear bout this
U fear of this
But it isn’t that obvious
Cause u conclude your own hypothesis
As a result u look at me silly
U look at me with pitty
U judge me before u even meet me
U tell me I have no right to be in this position based on your own position
Making it seem like this was my decision
***** I was a student too
A good student too
But I didn’t see the sense in it because school wasn’t teaching me
How to get to the place where I wanna be
And so I dropped out
Yeah I dropped out
That phrase is taboo
Hierarchy I gatta hand it to u
U got everyone in your shoe
Following your foot steps
Telling people this will lead to their peaks
But what if someone like me
Wants to see differently
And not from your perspective
Maybe I don’t wanna take courses of majors and electives
That’s not where my best is
U know  I have a passion for drama
I wouldn’t mind learning how to perfect acting but the odds were against me
And so my family turned against me
Cause I wasn’t contributing to da house
Dey kicked me out  
So now I’m without a house but I still have my home in my heart
And I know where my passion lies
I keep my head to the skies
I guess I have no choice but to do that cause there’s no ceiling to block my vision
Yes I did make my own decision
But it wasn’t to be poor it was to step out from the norm
I guess nowadays those two things coincide
Sorry I’m rambling but don’t walk past me with so much pride
Just cause I don’t have a place to go inside
Don’t judge me if u don’t know my story
Just cause my life got noticeably ugly
I don’t even ask; yet people think I want a dollar or more
I may not have a house but I got my home in my core
When I see people what I really wanna ask for
Is a chance but no one gives those out anymore

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