Prisoner of Poverty

Do good, they say... Be an outstanding citizen,they say... Make good grades, they say... Graduate, they say... Go to college, they say... Well, I did my time! 18 years I gave! For what? I ask... To put back? To not prosper ? To be in debt? To be in the dark? To be put on the system as my parents tried to escape me from? To see my kids suffer? To be ashamed of G-A-R-C-I-A? To be out of my own home? To not have a dollar to my name? I tried! I tried to runaway, Escape from you, Dodge in the shadows, But, you found me! You slapped me back where you wanted me and not where I belong I am now your prisoner....