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Skimming Off the Top

I've got a cup that overflows with emotions Emotions I can't bottle up cause I don't want to hurt I want to live and feel and enjoy every bit of it But at times I can't help but skim from the top That's why I be pouring into empty cups Cups that don't pour into others Cups that only know what it feels to receive And they expect it to be timely, in their own time I've go a cup that overflows with emotions Emotions that I try to tap into my words As the ink from my soul drips into lifeless souls Cause living has drained the out of most of us That's why we live like we ain't living for others Only looking out for ourselves Forgetting that we can't exist all by ourselves That we were meant to coexist I've got a cup that overflows with emotions Thats why every time I write I'm able to draw things, both good and bad to me For I lace my words with my personality that's why you relate The PO£T

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