Who's Really Mentally ill?
The elephants in the room are always: "That person can't do
it because he or she is mentally ill"
OR
"Yea they have to see a therapist"
OR
"Yeah they need to take pills."
Or you hear: "Those are the types of people that have no
friends”
OR
"They can't do
anything" the stigmas never end
But what's the big deal about people who get depressed?
Suicedal, hear voices, get anxious or even feel stressed?
Better yet,
What's really wrong with getting those symptoms addressed?
And what about all those positive things "mentally ill" people
do best?
And not mediocre I mean better than the rest
Abe Lincoln was depressed and suicedal
He was also the 16th president of the United States - what a revival
Beethoven was called Bipolar but he was and is a lot of people's idols
Issac Newton, Ernest Hemingway, Michelangelo
Ted Turner, Max Webster, Vincent Van Gogh
The list of success stories continues to grow
But I think everybody gets the picture that I'm painting though
They stood strong and that inner talent stood tall
Even though it appeared they were weak - they would waver but they wouldn't
fall
Without a caterpillars struggle there would be no butterflies
And we prevent their natural beauty if we don't give them room to fly
Clockin
Tick tock
Tick tock
For just one second my wish list would be for it to stop
Tick tock
Tick tock
It's not even been a minute but it feels like a minute before I heard it start
Tick tock
Tick tock
It's been hours but the destiny is ours as we await our midnight hour
Tick tock
Tick tock
Days turn to nights nights turn to weeks weeks turn to months and months turn to years
Anger turns to
frustration frustration turns to tired of waiting because you se
em to be stuck standing
here
Tick tock
Tick tock
Even the broken ones are right two times a day
So that means at least
two times I'm 100% correct in my ways
And if that's the
case
Then I should just wait
for that time to shine and then start to play
Tick tock
Tick tock
The hour glass has passed
The stop watch has
stopped
No matter what happens
it's always someone who hears that clock go:
Tick tock
Tick tock
Perspective
Streets
filled with savages that's vain and vicious
Trained
to take your riches
Growing up with a plan to end up in the slammer
Be
like their ancestors who all died by the hammer
What else do you know ? You're doomed from the start
Their
role models come from "The Wire" and they wanna play their part
Even the sunny days can be filled with clouds
Disrespect
the elderly or the youth and somehow u feel proud
Loud
screams
Shattered
Dreams
Dead
in their teens
19
years to fulfill a dream
Strung out mother criminal father figure
And
that's the type we have expectations to deliver?
Fast life livin
Fast how life is slipping
Fast type sipping
Trying to get to the numb the experience
Because Under the influence everything feels different
Yet the reality is the reality
It remains the same
So you're the only one impaired because nothing has changed
That's the frame work-flow like a river
Work it out in your frames until u get the picture
She
She so elegant
She so heaven sent
She so different
And I beg to differ
She isn't your ordinary figure
From her mentality to her figure
S-M-H .. cause all I can do is shake my head
Pure beauty from head to toe from toes all the way up to her head
She "got her own" she own that grown thing
She on that Ne-Yo "Miss Independent" song thing
She's the real deal
She pays her own bills
She doesn't sugar coat it at all- she tells u how she feels
You will be lucky
If she can trust thee
U act up once u won't get another chance just trust me
Her love is warm her soul is peaceful
But all of that can change if you're acting deceitful
She can be cold and she can be so distant
Yet she can be that shining star- she can be that rare type of
experience
Rearview
These haters were disrespecting me
Worse yet neglecting me
Now that I've made it they saying that I'm cocky
And arrogant too
But what you expect me to do?
When the people who expect u to fail get mad that u prevail and
when u win deep down they were hoping that u lose
They tried to derail my path to success
But overcoming negativity is the victory that tastes the best
From hated on
Debated on
Treating like a con
Never picked number one
They think it's all in fun
The way I shrug it off and laugh
Cause when I'm smiling in their face in my mind I'm saying
"they can kiss my ass"
Those "rear" views- Are closer than they appear
But if I listened to every person who ever said I would fail then
I wouldn't be standing here
The Walk
"One in front of the other" is what I was always told
Keep your head up high stand tall be bold
But damn I feel old
And I shouldn't feel this way
But this journey and these burdens seem much too heavy
And along this way - I think I've done some reflecting
Am I progressing?
It seems that I'm so far from where I'm destined
There's no GPS or uber to help on this ride
"One foot in front of the other" as I stride
To a path that I'm afraid to reside
Cause facing fears are scary and I don't want to cry
I wish they were alive
I wish that I could see their eyes
I wish that I could see their smile
Wish that they could see me now
The longer you live the more people you lose
But no matter how often it happens death is something I won't get used to
The sun burns
I yearn
To quit while I'm ahead
But I'm suddenly inspired by the light at the end of the tunnel that's ahead
I'm carrying pain grief and defeat
But not giving up is the lesson that they taught me
"One foot in front of the other"
My soles and my soul are worn
But I know if I just hang in there I can transform
From the person who had nothing
To the person who became something
Believe me
That which is worth obtaining never comes easy
And I just happen to be the type
That's walking through the rough night
The type with the rough life
That's gonna be successful despite
The curve balls cause it's like the old folks would say
When life throws u lemons- Learn how to make lemonade
And as I look back on the path I've traveled - I'm proud of the steps I've made
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