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I know what you are thinking', you're right, I'm not mad
Another failed rapper who grew older and had
to drop the mike and pick up boxes, break my back
and that's cool, I'm not embarrassed at that
You see I never had dreams of cars, cash, platinum plaques
instead I wanted to lead the kids who followed my same path
guns, drugs, violence…yes all of that
Its an option for us in school like English, History, Math
because our english is broken…history shows…mathematically we fail
Hit the bottle or hit the lotto
A jump shot or jail
So now I speak to the kids like a professor at Yale
and they feel my every word as if I wrote them in braille
Week to week I speak to the kids at Rexdale
and they get me because I get them
I understand. We both feel.
You see outside, I'm just another guy, a small fish on a scale
but inside here, you are on the outside and in this pond, I'm a whale!
Colossal, confident every second getting stronger
at Pathways I'm at home, they are the torch, I'm just the lighter
Brighter they shine, I win when they walk the straight line
if not, I'll make sure they are never left behind
You see I am sort of like an artist
Pathway Jamestown is my canvas, we paint a beautiful picture
deep down I am proud. I'll be honest
I'm happy not satisfied because there is so much work to do still
Around here, gangs grow faster than trees and the roots go uphill
so I cry when I hear another thug gets killed
cause that could have been a tree with fruits
instead cut down to make another bill
Damn...
A role model? Me?
No, labels don't concern me
Instead, I try to get them to a point on their fruitful journey
I remember walking in, first day, every kid trying to learn me
because I had the smarts, no book could ever turn me
Two, its true, life lessons I've been through
Not a blueprint but an example of…maybe…what to do
Its their choice, their path
I'll guide, not craft
I'll listen, we'll laugh, one day they will give it back
To others like em'
They play me…we are friends
They never look up to me…I am on the same level as them
I'm not a volunteer, I'm just spending my time wisely
and the reward of giving that gives is more than enough
understand me?
So I know what you are thinkn'
You're right and I'm not mad
You see all this came about after I failed at rap