BY GLORIA O’KOYE
Technology getting smarter
As brains get more tired.
Easier access to different resources
Got people become lazier.
Hustler’s mentality is becoming a dying breed,
If you spot one
Make sure to cherish
And fulfil their needs.
One push,
Will send them to positions beyond
Anyone could’ve seen,
So rare
So precious
Something that was shocking,
But not surprising.
Like a plan to force people to have co-dependency in order to achieve.
Grew up with folks with million dollar dreams,
Not even circumstances could stop the drive
If only they had the platforms to give them that necessary reach.
Selling CD’s out of trunks
Performing outside of malls
Praying that their art could be able to feed.
9 to 5,
Saving up,
Exhausting wallets,
Only hoping for one break to succeed.
Nowadays even if networks and suggestions,
Get served up front
It is not enough.
Expecting hand-outs,
Bottle-fed minds,
Lurking for a chance
To be a sellout.
A lot of dreams
Only a few can make it out.
A world full of hand-me-downs
While some others who are more deserving
Are shunned,
Because their drive was inspired from behind bars.
Or those who put others before them
While working hard day and night.
Lack of sleep to see others win,
They deserve entire worlds,
To acknowledge their shine.
A lesson to learn in life
Is to put in the effort,
Humble yourself
Don’t expect,
For things to just be given.
Because fast giveaways
Have a price tag,
Just know
Shortcuts
May have a lifetime price
That
You’ll have to pay!
