#livinginthewest

Hey guys sorry, I shouldn't be nervous this
Since I know I rehearsed this
But I just want to be heard
Which should not be absurd
But sometimes it feels like no one is listening, unless the words are posted then they are glistening, on Facebook its sizzling, but in person, face to face contact is blistering
Fuck we don’t talk anymore
Everyone is so disconnected, reflected in the fact that they care so much if they get rejected, not one single follower detected, "please world eject me from this
Popularity inspection!!"

Sometimes I think I get a little depressed
Which I confuse as stress since I'm told to feel blessed - my social media says so
But at the same time when I look at the media which unknowingly beats us
Whether it's a tweet or a picture
Sponsored or featured
Praying and hoping for all these followers
That swallow us
Please LIKE MY PICTURES

Our founding fathers used to fight for freedom
Now our generation is trapped me "medom"
At the end of the day I don’t care about the followers or likes
We all know social media is just a distraction from life

Struggling with my payments, struggling with my Bill's, they told me there’d be doors
But I've just been climbing hills

Feeling like I cant get a job unless its brainless
Settle as a waitress
Live paycheck to paycheck

Better improve my knowledge
So I'm going back to college,
Instead of buy a home
I'll take out a student loan

Willingly willingly willingly paying all my bills but still they are drilling me. Get a second job but you know that’d be killing me, because I know I’m getting robbed but HEY! At least I have a college degree.

.. I swear we have bills to pay that never seem to go away, even when we over pay, it never feels far away after we save but then work hard only to make an unexpected payment on our car
Then work some more for a better credit score and We even work when we're sick because other wise our work will just pick someone to replace us, which is crazy then they have the audacity to say millennial’s are lazy
The whole systems distorted
We have a president who grabs pussy
But then SPEAKS AGAINST ABORTION

No I'm not oppressed
Yes I’m feeling blessed
every days a stress
Life’s a mess
Put me to the test
And I try my best
Putting it to rest
With heavy chest
Rich are playing checkers while the
Poor play chess
But the poor get poorer
While the rich move forward
Since they can afford it
The story is horrid

That's living in the west for you
They mess with you
Put on their best dress for you
Their testing you
So you should Invest in you
So you can bring out the best in you
That's living in the west for you