Would You Rather

What if I spent my life making people laugh so hard they'd fall over and cry Then surely my parents would laugh but then fall over and break down to cry What if I followed my passion and learned to speak what's on my mind Then surely my parents would speak for me and tell me I have a doctors mind I also have the wisdom of a lawyer they consistently repeat But not the heart of a teacher because they don't make enough money So how do I tell my parents I want to get into comedy TV Immigrant parents who can't see that as a sustainable reality They didn't come here so I could just throw it all away Everything they worked so hard for how can I toss it down the drain Disapproving of the risk I want to take to reach my dreams But what about the risk they took 30 years ago for me My aspirations don't make sense to my mother who had nothing growing up She knows the pain of having not enough to eat, she doesn't believe in luck My father works hard for a small paycheck, it's hard for a man of much pride He asks why I'm putting myself in that same situation, he knows what it's like to hide I've pondered those same situations, the thought of constantly not havin' But then again what would happen if I didn't follow my passion If I didn't wake up every morning excited to start a new day If I wasn't able to work with a genuine smile on my face Like a game of "Would You Rather" I contemplate two difficult decisions A job for financial stability or a career in which I can live in my most beautiful visions