What makes me tick?
Having to struggle to get an education
Waking up to the sound of my mom going to work at the crack of dawn
Fuck her boss for all the discrimination
But she keeps her mouth shut, so the system has already won
Having to worry about how I'm going to pay for college
With all these gunshootings and gangs, who knows if my classmates will even get to college
And why is there always money for jails and guns but never for schools and books?
Having to grow up in a place where I know what a Big Mac is but not a Farmer's Market
Where there is more homelessness than treees growing
Watching a woman's body being dismembered on T.V
Where her mind and intellect is seperate from her body
The less clothes you wear, the more likes you get
The more likes you get, the better you feel about yourself
A generation where our self-image is based on likes
A generation where we care more about our followers than society's ills
A generation where we would rather be silenced than challenged