The Corner of Broke & Hopeless

This is a colaboration with myself & my homegirl...The first part is her's the last is mine....


Yes it’s the modern day depression
And I can’t even take a breath without knowing if I will be charged for the air I breathe
Roll up those sleeves
Hope for a better tomorrow
Though today is for the struggle
Anything to get that dough
Selfish Mentalities
Not having that urgency for rationalities
Yet ears to the amplified need for change
That hopeful brand pressed to our hearts
But let’s stop to be real
I’m broke
No money
No joke
Can’t even buy my ego
Or those Hi tops I crave
To satisfy my fashion
Materialism engulfing us in giveaway prices
But who can even afford that
Without having thoughts of bag, borrow, or steal engraved in their minds
It will take time
But for how long
Patience is the last thing we want to have
Gimmie the loot, gimmie the loot
And the royalties to boot
Give me a bank full of money
I’m desperate
I might shoot
But no jail in my future
No bail in my future
But a continuation of this might be hell for our future
The prophecies of 2012 in our future?
"The prophecies of 2012 in our future?
I can’t even see that far in my future
I’m living for today, hoping for promise of my future.
People killing themselves & their kinfolk-straight destroying their future
The nerve of being materialistic
Has evolved into narcissism-Narcissistic
Realism-to be realistic
Going to work not knowing if you’ll be laid off
Yea-sure college paid off
Nigga if they fire me they getting sprayed off
I’m gonna go postal on they ass-just to get this weight off
My shoulders
Draped in the same shit since 06’
How the hell can crack heads get their fix?
Whatever their hustle is, I need to pick it up quick
Find a scheme to get rich-hit a lick
I don’t give a fuck-anything to feed my kids
My babies starving worse than Marvin
Theorizing this like Darwin
But this ain’t no philosophy-it’s reality
My life, our world plagued by this hypocrisy
But if we stop & see
Out of this curse may be opportunity
A chance to break down barriers
And seek equality
Everybody is in the same boat
Hopeless, hopeful & broke
Doing what they can to stay afloat
Preparing for the worse & hoping for the best
Learning to live a fruitful life-for less
So through the stress & governments mess
Humble yourself & exude praise for what you have and have not’s
Before you hit the block & grab the glock
Shoot our youth with knowledge
So this madness will stop! The corner…" (me)