you worry about what they'll think
and you worry about making the baseball team
you worry about all of the small things
you worry about plans and you worry about dreams
you worry about who you're gonna ask to the prom
and you worry about getting the answer wrong
you worry about your friends who are in a fight
and you worry about your plans for friday night
you worry about getting into your dream school
you worry about being popular and even cool
you worry about money and grades too
oh how i wish i could worry like you
you see my worries are not the same
i don't worry about fun i don't worry about games
i worry about when my next meal will be
and i worry about never learning to read
i worry about my mom's disease
i worry about it being passed down to me
i worry about my sister being cold at night
and i worry about my village breaking out in a fight
i worry about all these aches and these pains
and i worry about water wasting down a drain
i worry about never getting my journey
and i worry if i'll still be here in the morning
so next time life has brought you to your knees
remember this poem and think about me
no matter how bad things seem from your view
there's someone out there who wishes
they could worry like you.