they can tell it to me straight and i think i can hold my stomach. sometimes i look around tho and i don’t get it. because my people, we can strive for better things, not just that what gleams. i swear, sometimes we put in so much work that we dig ourselves into a hole and we realize too late that we are losing our balance.
me too. i want that shine. i want my words to be heavy, and i want to see my name on a paper on a frame. but then what, then i win? hardly. then when i am asked to give it up, it becomes that much harder.
my people.
