The weight of the world has now shifted to my shoulders
You both became misguided at a young age
So much potential yet so little common sense
College scouts would have loved for you to run for their team
You let the peer pressure over power your mind
Your dad not being around really hurt you mentally
He wasn’t there to show you how to be man and how to respect the nature of women
I don’t understand why you had to turn to trouble
Soon enough you found out that trouble wasn’t the answer to the pain
Rebelled against mama and the school system said, “I would make it out without an education”.
Well you see how far that got you
When you went to prison, It hurt all of us especially ma
You’re her baby boy she wanted you to do something with your life
She tried to protect you from the reality of this cruel world
You weren’t listening though
Now that you have been captured by the state, everyone is looking at your little sisters to turn the game around

Eighteen and pregnant that was you
Senior in high school having a baby
But you were a baby yourself
So how was that going to work?
Couple years later pregnant again
Twenty-one with two kids no job and no college education
Now don’t get me wrong we all make mistakes but at what point does it stop being a mistake
What has to happen next before you say enough is enough?
Growing up I thought great things about you
Yeah those days I used to brag about my big sister
Sometimes I rather not be associated with you
I was the little sister who had dreams of becoming just like you

Seventeen years young a junior in high school taking college courses
Everyone thinks it’s so great but they don’t understand the half of it
Those people have yet to understand what its like being me
No one knows what it’s like to be the little sister with dreams of being better than her siblings
Sometimes I feel like I’m being pushed to be this golden child that I am not
With one bad turn I could destroy my mother’s heart
She expects me to go off to college and become successful
Little does she know that there are times when I feel like giving up and dropping out of school
It seems like no one cares about what I have to say they all have it in their heads that I’m going to be the who makes it
The thing that I fear the most is what if I don’t become the person that I am perceived to be and live life with regrets