Wednesday, October 13, 2010

How & What & Why & When (Poem)

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I decided to write this asking myself a few questions:

How does my music get heard?
How do people feel when they hear my music?
How is it the guy who they said couldn't rap is still here and they are gone?
How do I do it?
How much do I have to do to get accepted by the closest ones around me?
How many people does it take to say I have skills for others to realize they are not the end all be all?
How many times do I have to put in work without bragging or spazzing to be noticed?
How can I succeed with the tools I have?
How can I go farther than I imagine?

What does it take to get heard by the right people?
What is the formula?
What is the problem with truly expressing how you feel through music?
What has to be done for reality to be accepted?
What can I do to be in the right places?
What do you have to do to get support in this city?

Why do people who don't know you support you more than people who do?
Why do people support you when you reach the networks and not when you are coming up?
Why is it that I intimidate people?
Why are they trying to ostracize me?
Why did the devil call me (or whoever the devil really was)?
Why do I make music?
Why won't people say they like something that's avant-garde?
Why do people jump on bandwagons?
Why don't they want me to win?
Why do people shoot down great ideas?
Why do people take credit for things they didn't do?
Why sabotage another man's plans to succeed?
Why hate on the next man?

When will they realize the work I put in?
When will my hard work PAY off?
When will I be supported by those around me?
When can I afford to have children?
When will my inner circle be the ones who everybody puts on a pedestal?
When can I finish the last few things left on my bucket list?
When will they put our talent on display?
When will they realize I haven't even used my full potential yet?
When will my city put my city on?
When will the big brothers and sisters let our generation shine as a whole?
When can I be on the sites I look at everyday on a frequent basis or even at all?
When will the "politics" go away?
When can I enjoy life carefree?
When will they admit that I am great at what I do best?

And this all came from this question: Why won't they let me be great?

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