My steel toes worn
Shirt is torn
Pants covered with dirt
My body always hurt
Migraine keeps pounding
Bosses always hounding
Never enough time
Trudging through grime
People talking ****
So full of it
The heat is draining
All I hear is complaining
By these lazy *** fools
Promises to keep my cool
My integrity in question
Did I forget to mention
I have fun at what I do
How about you

This girl so sweet
You won't notice
Her walking by
Or even laugh
When she cries
She stays at home
Watching her sisters
While the others play
Same thing everyday
She's beautiful and smart
With a loving heart
Having to grow so fast
She gets lonelier
Wishing for an escape
A little time to be free
Guilt always overwhelms her
When she isn't there
Never seems to be enough
Never complains always so tough

You and I
Had to die
It's over now
Tell me how
We ended here
After every year
We felt stronger
But no longer
Was it me
Acting cold heartedly
Was it you
Being so untrue
The two wrongs
Same old songs
Two lovers scorned
Lying here forlorned
On this ledge
I did pledge
My soul forever
But now never
Our bond broken
Pain has spoken
I'll leave today
Nothing else to say
I'm finally ready
Since you left already

The grinding
Can be blinding
To desire the recognition
Consumed by ambition
What should I sacrifice
How power can entice
Choices weighed methodically
So I choose meticulously
This rat race I chose
Something to do I suppose
So superficial
Not so special
Have to pay the bills
Demonstrate and sharpen my skills
Fatigue sets in everyday
Weariness grows the longer I stay
I have goals And dreams
As I get better the further it seems
Am I able to disengage from here
What binds me now is it fear
Yet I'm afraid of nothing at all
Always the foundation standing tall
I feel I'm missing a piece to my soul
How this monotony takes its toll
It's 6 am again time to wake up
Its so tedious yeah time to wake up

Me old man boring
conversations keep women snoring
I don't hang out in bars
Or make out in cars
Haven't seen a club in a while
No longer my style
No more stories to share
Or albums of women in underwear
I'd rather listen to music at home
Spend all night writing poems
Watching YouTube and HBO
Do I miss it no
But when i was a teen
Played in the party scene
A new girlfriend
Every weekend
You know that 7 day affair
Having fun didn't care
Every shot and bottle of beer
Made things clear
I was living too fast
Where I'm from life doesnt last
On the grind hustling all day
So at night I could play
Always down for whatever
Ready to go whenever
As I got older it became dull in fact
I became more aware of how I act
This **** a bad boy in this game
To be an old *** player so lame
So yeah I'm boring today
Not as much fun as yesterday
So now I'm hated misunderstood
Because I'm different trying to be good

It's a mans world sure
You're a WOMAN you will endure
You have this mind
That's so rare to find
You're driven to succeed
With this need
To never be weak
What else do you seek
With the stress rising
It isn't surprising
Your frustration is growing
You have a talent of not showing
Since you're strong I'll say this
As you ponder on what you miss
The fun times you had
Being so good being a little bad
Don't worry about stumbling
If at times you're fumbling
Like challenges are anything new
With all that you are committed to
You're stronger than most
Since you won't say it I will boast
Take time to breathe now and then
You'll be ready when anxiety comes again