The Phoenix

So i take another step, and one more breath closer to death. there's things going on in this world that got me stressed. lately
I find myself searching my soul. looking for signs of life, a warmth in the cold. i'm young and restless and they want me to
Fold. i'm hard headed, i ain't never did shit i was told. i get too mad too fast over too much shit, but i put too much heart
Into the words i spit. maybe i'm too proud, maybe i scream too loud...but what goes in, must come out. and i'm hurting inside. i
Can't show it. obstructed by pride. i ain't being hard i just don't know why. fuck tomorrow if i live or i die. who comes first?
You not before i. i'm still a ways off from my lofty goals, so fuck those who oppose and those who's acting like ho's. i ain't
Got time for ya'll. focus my goals. i chose. c'mon now, you just write ryhmes...i recite lifelines. you're in it for the long
Haul...i'm in it for a lifetime. let a brother try to come between me and mine. i'll lie cheat and steal to
Keep feeding mine. that's the deal and that's for real, by any means. am i wrong because i want the finer things in life?
Hell no.
Take this world by storm.

All i ever wanted was a taste of. all i ever wanted was a piece of what i could not have.