I've tried and I've tried to abide by the laws of this so called free soil;
attended school for sixteen years of my young life;
received a piece of paper after completing the 1st twelve,
then i matriculated and graduated after four more calenders
of hard work and concentration;
barely avoided incarceration as a youthful black male,
only to find myself jobless and searching for ways to make mail;
it seems as time quickly drifts before my dark brown eyes;
I've lost what is buried deep in the depths of my spirit-God's light-
invested trust and too much time in the wrong types of females;
now I'm stuck with moral dilemma;
will i choose righteousness or will my ego trip
let hollow tips release from two clips;
a decision will have to be made soon,
because inside my inner spirit i feel the pain eating away at my soul
deteriorating my molecules, transforming fresh flesh into decayed particles;
so i call on my brother's spirit to help
guide my bottled up feelings.