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IT
I want to go to Hawaii
lie on the beach
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L
A
X
I imagine a monetary prison cell
damn it I need to be free where I am
happy here
how do I get it?
I've been poor
I mean ghetto
roaches
rats
P
O
V
E
R
T
Y
seen warriors in the field
while the sun beats down on them
draining and straining
even stealing from their high
W
H
Y
?
I see a hierarchy in place
I'm told to follow its rules
IT
IT
IT
WINS!!!!
it trains us to be blind
it trains us to war
it feeds
well I'm here to tell you I'm rebellious
I will prevail my own way
I won't follow its orders
W
A
R
internal conflict
I will learn to be free today
I won't attack my own
with fully loaded smiles
packing daggers behind my eyes
WARRIORS
flesh and blood
SPIRITUAL
I will follow the orders of my commander
we are family
let's be kind to each other
let's war with
IT
once and for all defeat
it
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