Sometimes to love is to lose.
Forever single or forever alone, you choose.
Both undesirable, yet not so comparable.
To love yourself is the key.
Don't let anyone else determine who you should be.
To really love is to love unconditionally.
No need to change if you really love me
Make up your mind, who's it gonna be,
Cuz I don't need your love, i'll just keep doing me.

Emotionless, heartless, cold
Same ****, new day, gets old
No longer family, love is sold
Drugs, drama, and pain
Is it in vain?
She's lost everything, nothing to gain
She cuts for attention.. She creates tension
Broken home is what she creates
Never caring for others fates
Addiction

Thoughtless patriotism in the United States, has made us a nation full of hates
Hates for Muslims, Arabs,
making enemies instead of brothers.
We wanted chicken, but we only got bones.
Lots of debts and unpaid loans.
We say we want peace but we choose war.
Spending money on bombs til there ain't no more.'
We like to think we're kind and nice
But we sure ain't no sugar or spice
It's stupid how we choose to live
We want equality, but the truth is,
It will never truly
Be a reality.

I came from abuse, I came from sorrow.
What happened yesterday doesn't determine tomorrow.
I remember the past so vividly, peoples preconceptions about who I was gonna be
People in my old city thought they knew me
We in a world where we believe in fixed reality
The person you were yesterday isn't who you have to be
Ignorant people talking about , "It's just your destiny"
Stop complaining about life and be free
Do what you want, be who you want to be.
Went from the streets to a student at Seattle University
Nothing is fixed, transform your reality
-Kim Hines

Day after day, year after year
She tries to forget..
But remembers with each tear
The way he made her feel, and helped her deal
With the abuse, neglect, and sorrow
He was the one who stayed, her tomorrow.
Lost in the dark, he was her light
He made things alright
All lost in one tragic night
Gun shot to the chest, he saved her life.
To love someone in that way.. Words can't express it.
Nothing more to say.

Friends forever, didn't last
Love fades, people grow, memories in the past.
I try not to attach due to my inability to detach from reality.
Labels **** **** up, end up in tragedy.
I can't date anybody, dysfunctional me.
Losing people, good for me?
Wait and see.
Wish I could live in the fantasy that lays at arms reach...
Logic stops me.

Am I the one to blame?
The innocent little girl...will things ever be the same?
To say I've been the best sister, a false claim.
Thoughts of losing her are driving me insane.
Running away is her tactic, a way to numb the pain.
Life hasn't been easy, no sunshine, just rain
Drugs, drama, and pain
Is it in vain?
Feelings of failure
As a sister and a friend.
Am I the one to blame?

Tragedy
Children and families living in poverty
Holdin on to the American Dream,
But is that better than reality?
Families starving, stuck in a self-fulfilling prophesy
Societal pressure blinding us, can't see
Creates limitations that promote conformity
Kept in the dark, forever trying to attain clarity.
Forget everyone else and who you used to be
Only you stand in the way of beating the self-fulfilling prophesy.

Whats the difference between you and me?
Both falling in love, blind to reality
Sometimes to love is to let go and let things be.
Sacrificing emotions so they may be happy.
Sometimes love leads to tragedy.
Things get better, bounce back, allow yourself to see
Single doesn't need to equal lonely.
You got friends, you got family.
Somethings can't be controlled, not meant to be.
Think positively
How you perceive things can transform reality.

Think I'm gonna fail then you're truly wrong.
In this game of life I'm far more than a pawn
Started from the bottom, now I'm up, Drakes song.
But I been at my greatest all along
To you this is just words, a rap, a song.
For me this is life,freedom, a gateway to beyond... Reality
Allowed me to rise above a self fulfilling prophesy.
Went from the streets to Seattle University.
Without music, I don't wanna think where I'd be.
My story, my life, a piece of me.
Creating music helped me to cope, to gain clarity
Music is a gateway out of reality.

I came from abuse, I came from sorrow.
What happened yesterday doesn't determine tomorrow.
What you were isn't who you have to be
Nothing is fixed...transform your reality
People in my old city thought they knew about me
Now i'm on full scholarship at Seattle University
Just proves, you decide who you're gonna be
Don't let anyone else decide, be someone you're proud to be.

Love, hurt, and betrayal.
Love isn't what the media depicts, aint no fairy tale.
People will hurt you, and you won't always succeed.
Love is a want, not a need..
Sometimes to love is to lose.
But in these days in times, people choose to abuse.
The word love has no meaning when it's improperly used.
Cheating, lies, and betrayal
Girls in clubs, bodies on sale
These world is cheap, i'm ready to bail
Forever single or forever alone, you choose.
Both undesirable, yet not so comparable.
To love yourself is the key.
Don't let anyone else determine who you should be.
To really love is to love unconditionally.
No need to change if you really love me
Make up your mind, who's it gonna be,
Cuz I don't need your love, i'll just keep doing me.

Laying here with these thoughts in my head
Remembering the past, thinking about things said.
Thinkin bout today, thinkin bout tomorrow
Coming up from so much sorrow
People thought they knew about me
Rumors believed led her into tragedy
Consumed by drugs, she's become empty
Don't live in people's past, let the person they've become and their actions now be all you see.

Sometimes to love is to lose.
But in these days in times, people choose to abuse.
The word love has no meaning when it's improperly used.
Cheating, lies, and betrayal
Girls in clubs, bodies on sale
These world is cheap, i'm ready to bail

Fantasies
Ignorance of reality
Emotions, to be or not to be
Drives a logical person to insanity.