Sleepless Youth

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My mom wants me to live through god 
but my mind is in hell
hearing stories of kids dying for a touch of wealth
I'm only alive to chase a faith 
Trying to find in the truth but Im running out of hope 
The sun comes up and A fathers son is all grown up
Dads trying to cope with the fact that I was raised into the man he didn't want to see 
I am everything he could have never been 
I have everything he never had
I Listened to dad because he seen it all. 
He had to hang his fantasy on a rope
He Lived through it all, lived young and poor
My parents living In a struggle and they have to put everything into nothing. 
believing in a lie
I Never followed trying to find my path with these words I write and say
I want to ask why my road was not paved 
l try and pray but too young to be heard 
the drama keeps calling and my believing is falling. 
This where I'm from.
I tell myself this is living 
I'm working on rediscover my youth. 
It was stolen on the nights I couldn't sleep. 

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