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It Is what It Is ( contest entry)

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Probably. ...

 

Me getting picked in the lottery

 

Or hitting the lottery is the only way i'm getting out of poverty

 

My momma say it'd be days like this....

 

but It's been years. Why did she lie to me?

 

Or did i misunderstand?

 

I felt lost like a fish on land

 

Until I seen how they imprisoned my man

 

We were doing the samethings now he lives under land.

 

Supermax 4 selling crack 4 trying to take care of him and his fam

 

That ain't right but it is life

 

And my life took me

 

From a boy with hope and thoughts of what it could be

 

To a man with regrets and thoughts of what it should be

 

From a kid who would dream

 

To grown man who can't recognize a good thing

 

Who would think to break chains of self-destruction corruption and dysfunction

 

That I would need instructions and the ability to believe in something

 

But since my conception I've had no direction

 

On how to make corrections to help my soul's progression

 

Fear and doubt are man's worst enemies

 

That's been figured out academically

 

That man has a propensity to escape pain chemically

 

So all they had to do was introduce the ILLS

 

then make money off of or provide no remedy

 

They feed me imagery to limit me sex money and murder

 

Kfc cloning chickens pink slime in my hamburgers

 

Killing me softly ......cheese clogs my arteries

 

The lining of my stomach is being destroyed by coffee

 

Shaking my head

 

I ask GOD am I forsaken to live

 

Bound to debt and desires to corrupt my soul

 

and replace what it is

 

So for the sake of what is his

 

and for the faith of my kids

 

I'm going make that change , break that chain

 

And tell whoever don't like it

 

It is what it is

 

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Contest Winner  

2b2b2 says:

Fantastic piece brah!
 

faruq says:

Thank you...I appreciate it

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ms.poeticpassion says:

Bravo! It is what it is......Nice piece

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