Some people takefor granted the small things. We are all too busy reaching for the mountain peak, that we don't pay much attention to the climb. How can you know happy without sad, and success without failure. Not every body has had to, but I have definitely struggled in my life. So I appreciate the little things.
Struggling
Let me
tell you a little something about struggling
It’s not
just having to eat syrup sandwiches because you can’t afford to go to the
grocery store
Or even
sleeping 3 to a bed under 1 sheet just to get a little heat
It’s not
knowing where your next meal is going to come from
Or how
long your shoes are going to last
Or how you
gonna put clothes on your child’s back
It’s not
knowing where you gonna lay your head down every night
And not
knowing when your money situation is going to get right
Just to
know whether or not they’re going to cut off your lights
Struggling
It’s when you’re
dropping to your knees
Begging
god please
To take
you out of your misery
Because
you know this aint how your life was meant to be
It’s
having to drink warm water because you don’t have a freezer to make you a
couple pieces of ice
It’s about
scrounging up your pennies just to get you a bag of Uncle Ben’s rice
Struggling
Is having
to dodge the repo man for the past 7 years of your life
Let me
tell you a little something about struggling
It’s about
having to move out of housing because someone snitched that you had a second
part-time job
It’s about
doing hair, cleaning houses, and having yard sales just to get by
It’s about
not being able to sleep at night because you got 50 million bills on your mind
Struggling
Is not
being able to drive your car until payday because the little red gas light is
on
It’s about
rummaging through your dresser drawers just to see what you can pawn
It’s about
humming your own melodies because you can’t afford to buy the bootleg CD to
listen to the song
Struggling
Is even
thinking about taking on a roommate to help pay the bills even though you got
kids in the home
It’s about
walking around in the wintertime with a runny nose because you can’t afford to
put a skully on your dome
Struggling
is trying to call every place you stay your home
Let me
tell you a little something about struggling
It’s
having to smack the tv to try to keep the picture on the screen
Of course
it involves standing in the line to get that government cheese
And yes
you’ll be out on the street begging for change, PLEASE
Struggling
Is trying
to do some extra chores when you want to bum some food stamps
It’s about
lighting up the house with one single lamp
It’s about
looking in your closet at the same two pair of black pants
Let me
tell you a little something about struggling
So you
know why I’m so proud of what I’ve become
