How Do I Proceed

In this babel I'm to find my feet In this city of vice I'm to live and learn A land of pain,few gains Still,they yearn for my best My head held high but how long can it rise? My neck tweaks from the strain Yet,it dares not drop I'm caught in a raging storm Again,i'm told to stand tall but how did i jump? from a thorny cliff to a stony sea How do i remain unscathed? All eyes on me now My test beats my head how do i proceed? Oh mama nature where hath thou placed me?