Get a Grip

12/1/21 "Get a Grip" It's fake or is legit Get a grip Live or quit You either do or don't give a s*** It's all hit or miss Being credible or illegitimate Able to show and prove or another hypocrite Biding time or lickety-split Listen quick Got some news, time I deliver it One thing to be wise, but what good comes if you're a chicken s*** You'll get finessed by a little trick Life comes with inherent risk Not going according to any written script Endlessly the minutes tick Had to flip the script And put aside any differences For the time being, still adrift Going through the thick of it What a sad game It's a damn shame Giving people a bad name Causing them to rampage The starting point nearby several lampshades Since day one Friends and enemies I've made some Only from within does change come Regardless of how far we came from Just stay true to who you are At times, took it too far Or set the new bar And got a few scars Effective With the message Becoming accepted Or there is a war against it Since last fall Made an effort or didn't at all Worked out well or ended up being a bad call Continually getting blackballed As of now or going back in history Of course this all is bigger than me Amid endless bigotry And trickery Success or failure as well as happiness or misery Often competed In order to get what was needed Instead of remaining seated Continually cheated And mistreated By those that are conceited Getting heated Far from feeling defeated Still a mission to be completed So that the same situation is never repeated