Vending Machine
"No way" you said to my change,
I guess that I put it in the wrong way.
Ones, fives, tens, are what you will take in
but not my pennies, nickels, or diamonds.
"No way" you said to my change,
I guess I should try to flip it.
You'll let anything slide,
as long as it's the right image.
I am not what you want me to be-
strange, I'm finding solace in money!
I could be the finest stone ever known
with the shinniest in and exterior that ever shone
the rarest jewel from all of sierra leone!
But if it's not in the list of the things you want
then to you, I'm worth nothing
and not a second thought
will be fought with "maybes" or "insteads"
No sir, no open minded thoughts in that head.
no crumpled, or wrinkled $100 bills
will make up for the child
you brought to life only to kill.
If I ever got the money inside?
I know what I'll do
Recognize that the labor done brought out the fruit.
realize we are of one force, not of two
But God forbid you let your child become who
you raised them not to be
if it were up to me
I'd set myself free
then relieve myself
of this dead end mentality.
"No way" you said to my change.
I decided I didn't need what you offered.
I took everything from my pennies and jems
to somewhere else that we can prosper.