I AM WHO YOU ARE

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DO YOU SEE WHAT I SEE ONE SCREWED UP WORLD IN A NEVER ENDING CATOSTROPHE? I  MEAN WHO AM I TOO YOU AND WHO ARE YOU TOO ME? HUH MAYBE IF I EAT WATERMELON , FRIED CHICKEN AND EAT KOOL-AID IM BLACK. MAYBE IF I LIVE IN THE SUBURBS AND HAVE A BENZ AND A BEAMER IM A RICH LITTLE WHITE KID. MAYBE IF MY PARENTS ARE IMMIGRANTS IM A MEXICAN. MAYBE IF I'M THE BEST STUDENT IN THE CLASS WITH SMALL EYES IM AN ASIAN. HAHA DID I SOUND IGNORANT RIGHT THERE OR WAS IT THE MENTALITY YOU SOUGHT AFTER. WE ARE NO DIFFERENT THAN THE COLOR OF OUR SKIN FROM THE TOP OF OUR HEAD TO THE LITTLE CHINNY CHIN CHIN. DO YOU TAKE INTO ACCOUNT HOW RACISM IS BENT AM I TRULY WHAT YOU ARE OR ARE WORDS UN SPENT MY GOD I NEVER IMAGINED ANYTHING TRUE FROM THE LOVE I FELT WHEN YOU HELD ME TOO THE THINGS I USE TO CALL YOU LIKE.. BOO..

yOU ERASE MY MEMORIES AND YOU CONTRADICT THE NEWNESS WITHIN ME YO! DRAINING THE EMOTION AND HAPPINESS OUTTA ME LIKE WATER. WHAT IS IT YOU WANT OR LIKE THE WEEKND SAID ITS WHAT YOU NEED. YOU RUN UP ALL BIG AND BAD WHEN YOUR NOTHING BUT A COWARD AND ITS SAD OH YOU A BOSS ASS BITCH? WELL EXCUSE ME FOR YOUR IGNORANT, BELLIGERENT AND GHETTO CATOSTROPHE.

YOU LET YOUR MOM TURN IN HER GRAVE THINKING ITS OKAY WHEN SHE WAS TRYING TO SAVE.. YOU OR DID YOU ALWAYS WANNA BE SOMEONE'S HOE? FROM HER TO THE STREET CORNER STO! YEAH ITS GHETTO LIKE MAYBE IF YOU ARE IN HIGHSCHOOL YOU CAN GET A CRACK PIPE HAHAHA IM SORRY IM RHYMING BETTER THAN NICKEL AND DIMING THO ON MY BADU FLOW GOAPELE AND LAURYN HILL ORIGINAL.

I FREESTYLE WHILE ITS WORTH MY WHILE YOU HATING ASS PEOPLE CANT SEE WHATS TRUE. BECAUSE I AM ME AND ME ARE YOU! GOOD IS THE ENEMY OF GREAT AND SOMEDAY SOMETIME IM GOING TO MAKE IT REGARDLESS OF THE TRUTH APPLICABLE TO WHAT REALLY IS AND WHAT ISN'T. AM I MUMBLING OFF NOW OH HOW I AM SO SORRY. JUST A REMINDER I AM WHO YOU ARE  BUT WHAT IS DIFFERENT IS THAT GOD MAY HAVE MADE US THE SAME WAY BUT WHAT YOU DO WITH YOUR HEART AND MIND IS ON YOU!

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