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SO MANY DAYS SLIDE INTO WEEKS AND THEN MONTHS THEN YEARS NOW DECADES HAVE COME AND GONE AND NOT THE ONES YOU THINK ITS NOT LOST YEARS OF YOUTH WHEN YOU COULDNT WAIT TO GROW UP ITS NOT GETTING OUT OF HIFGH SCHOOL AND THE COLLEGE TANK NO ITS THE TIME YOU STEPPED INTO THE WORLD JADED BY EXPECTATIONS MAN MADE AND ENFORCED LIKE WE JUST LIE TO EVERYONE AND SAY WE SELF MADE BUT SOMEONE GAVE YOU A CHANCE THAT OTHERS DONT HAVE AND WE LOOK DOWN ON THEM WITH NO HESITATION THROWING REASONS FOR THEIR FAILURE OUT WHEN WE KNOW NOTHING ABOUT THEM A FRIEND ONCE SAID EXPECTATIONS ARE FUTURE RESENTMENTS AND I THINK THAT MAY BE THE SMARTEST THING EVER SAID I CAN ALWAYS SAY I WILL TRY TO DO BETTER BUT BETTER FOR ME MAY NOT BE BETTER FOR YOU I AM STARTING TO RESENT PEOPLE FOR HOLDING ME TO EXPECTATIONS THAT WERE SET BY FOOLS II WILL TRY TO DO BETTER IN MY OWN WAY BY SHARING THINGS THAT MAY HAVE BEEN LOST ALONG THE WAY HERE ANOTHER PEARL I PICKED UP IF YOU SEE A TURTLE ON A FENCE POST KNOW HE DIDNT PICK HIMSELF UP REGARDLESS OF WHAT HE TELLS YOU I WILL TRY TO DO BETTER BASED ON WHAT GOD WROTE ON THE HEART OF ALL MEN I COULD CARE LESS ABOUT WHAT YOU THINK I SHOULD HAVE AT THIS POINT IN MY LIFE JAMES BROWN KNEW THE SCORE MAN MADE MONEY MONEY DIDNT MAKE THE MAN THESE DAYS IT DOES LIKE BEING RICH MAKES YOU SMARTER THAN THE REST OF US I WILL TRY TO DO BETTER IN THE FACE OF IGNORANCE BUT YOU NEED TO UNDERSTAND LEFT AND RIGHT ON THE TV IS NOT WHAT YOU GET TO LABEL ME AND IF YOU DECIDE TO TRY THAT ON WELL LETS JUST SAY A TRUMP RALLY HAS NOT GONE THAT WRONG I WILL TRY TO DO BETTER BY CALLING MY SISTER AND HUGGING MY MOM UNDERSTANDING MY FATHER AND APPRECIATING THE LOVE OF MY DOG I WILL TRY TO DO BETTER IN THE WAY THAT I SEE I WILL TRY TO DO BETTER AND IT BE BEST IF YOU JUST LET ME BE
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