Desperation. Inspiration, Determination. What it takes to overcome To do more than what your fathers done. But always remember that when you succeed, You left a mother in need A brother to feed, a child that he didn’t plan for Some firsts, seconds, and thirds that struggled with you
You can’t help them all Most will see it as luck Think you don’t give a **** Because the media twists tales And covers the truth up Shows all the love at the top How it all seems so ideal, like it just came out of nothing Because it’s hard to dethrone a king once you’ve been conditioned to love him
Tell them while you were rising You never forgot but you couldn’t stop fighting Ask them, did Frederick Douglass’s brother ever see freedom? Did he hate him for circumstances or did he even get to see him?