Now it's Your Turn to Tick

Thu, 07/31/2014 - 20:38 -- lcarlto

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What makes me tick is the anger I get
When they try to be little me, make me feel as though my
words are less than their’s…
I’m not as powerful as everyone else, they think I 
deserve the short end of the stick…
My ideas are not good enough to hear

But I know one day, the room will silence and
Every ear will open
Some will be shocked and some will be delighted

What makes me tick is the anger I get when
I realized it’s only two of me in my Chem Lab
We are seen as so little but they don’t know we
are so strong
The anger that was built up in us is helping us overcome

Many generations later the minority is still overlooked
Sometimes it seems unbelievable, but know that
It is true…You’ll know if you watch the daily news
Six years ago the US seen one of it’s greatest changes
But sometimes you wonder is it change or is there
Still built up anger

They’ll never know if they do not listen
I am greater than I ever thought I’d become
My future is brighter than the sun
But they don’t see it because they’re blinded
By the darkness that has overcome

They do not believe in me,
But they’ve forced to me to believe in myself
To push my self to limits that has gotten me in
Places I could not believe

The generation wants to change but there’s
always that sour apple in a bunch
I will not be mediocre, I will not be overlooked,
Nor will I go unheard

What makes me tick is those who doubted me,
And everyone else that is considered to be “minority?”
What makes me tick is the thought that someone thinks I
Can not achieve the same thing is as the chick sitting next
To me!

Tomorrow is not promised but today I make my promise
To you that I will use all that is in me to be the best
I can be, So therefore if I am blessed to see tomorrow
I will not regret what I did not do, to prove to you that
My dream to be the best that I can be WILL come true

You’ve made me tick now it’s your turn to tick..
Make change for the future

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