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As a child I held a smile on my face I knew nothing about the dangers I'd face by just being alive, trying to survive have to bust my *** to work nine to five so that when I came home I could be all alone And take a hit of what they told me was bad for me But they lied So I learned I was overshadowed by a system That could make people believe them And what a powerful tool that is On the day they came to take my brother away For an incident 1 year prior They told us they constructed the whole **** thing And as a prison bird my brother now would sing Mom paid the bail With special money saved away Which was more than 1 month of pay And they put him in jail for 3 months 5 years parole And I learned that this system Could also make you caged they'd set you up and send you away So in my adolescence I lost all hope for the world And the place they told me was free my rage and sadness uncurled like a blossoming flower It stung like a thorn but it showed me it's power Change can be possible Just use the right tools Be cool, secretly break all their rules And maybe one day I can do what I please Without them making and "example" out of me.
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Aug 30, 2010
Aug 30, 2010 at 11:34 AM UTC
Childhood to Rage to Peace
As a child I held a smile on my face I knew nothing about the dangers I'd face by just being alive, trying to survive have to bust my *** to work nine to five so that when I came home I could be all alone And take a hit of what they told me was bad for me But they lied So I learned I was overshadowed by a system That could make people believe them And what a powerful tool that is On the day they came to take my brother away For an incident 1 year prior They told us they constructed the whole **** thing And as a prison bird my brother now would sing Mom paid the bail With special money saved away Which was more than 1 month of pay And they put him in jail for 3 months 5 years parole And I learned that this system Could also make you caged they'd set you up and send you away So in my adolescence I lost all hope for the world And the place they told me was free my rage and sadness uncurled like a blossoming flower It stung like a thorn but it showed me it's power Change can be possible Just use the right tools Be cool, secretly break all their rules And maybe one day I can do what I please Without them making and "example" out of me.
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32/F/American
Aug 30, 2010
Aug 30, 2010 at 11:34 AM UTC
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