Leland Wright - Everyday Struggle

Youngman is the definition of a “desperado”, the anger in him furthers as time grows
The blemishes on his rib blare of obscene crimes, friends sour like limes as time flies
Not the best looking kid, his father beats him, leaving his signature on his abdomen clear

Inside is a heart that has yet to be blessed
Embedded is a nest that never had a chance to regress
Continues to stay depressed, inside his own flesh

He tries to make his life bittersweet, trying to dry his tears with his sheets
While knees get weak, trying to flee and run away from these bizarre urban streets
He tries to medicate his pain, but can’t seem to levitate the strain from his mental frame

Life is tarnished by cash, kids not paying homage to the past, just trying to grow up fast
Struggles are common, scientist trying to escape to mars, but failed and gained scars
From drinking and driving crashing their cars, ending up thrown in a cell behind bars

Innocence, not all in prison are guilty or devils menace, some were just misled
They weren’t handed tools to obey the rules they were handed guns instead
Escape your body your mind will take you where you wish, ignorance is stiff

The world is so oblivious, the difference between life and death
Is like the difference between plight and deciding to take meth
From smelling the scent of piss or from hanging from a cliff
To heavenly clouds where they savor every bit of the mist

To all the soldiers not on the corner but in school brewing up
Knowing education influences everything from the brain to the touch

Leland Wright

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