The Struggle Is Real
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No one notices your struggle
No one knows what it's like
To hold in emotion
While holding in life.
Because everyone wants to know what you're really thinking
But no one wants to know the truth
Because when you tell them they just stand there, blinking.....
It takes away your youth,
because if you hold in your life you’re not out living it
And when you hide the struggle and strife you’re not saving it
For a time when a dime is all it takes to save a life
Because making your real life known, is like saying that you have bones.
Because letting them know ‘The Struggle Is Real’
Is letting them know that they’re not alone
So you’re not alone
Instead, you’ve given yourself room to grow
By airing your dirty laundry
And laying your hand at the foundry of your life
Through your struggle and strife
So you strive for excellence
despite the ambivalence that people cast upon you
so you cast upon them like metal,
And lay your hand at the foundry of your life
Because the struggle is real
Everyone has to deal
with the struggles of reality
And face the pure brutality
of the world
Despite the pure mortality
We have to try empathetically
Instead of trying emphatically
Because using force to force reality upon a unrealistic realist
Is like telling an idealist who is dreaming what the deal is
Or giving the rich a price list for something that is priceless
Or trying to fix a door hinge for something that is doorless
I guess what I’m trying to say here is that trying is pointless
Because there is no point in trying, you just try it
Like an endless circle
Let the circle be unbroken
Because the truth has been spoken
There’s no way you can say
The struggle isn’t real
Because you will be outspoken
And you will get no where without a struggle
Like you will get nowhere on a subway unless you have a subway token.
So when no one notices your struggle
and no one knows what it's like
To hold in emotion, while holding in life
Just remember, when they ask ‘What’s the deal?’
You can remind ‘em: the struggle is real.