Thank God all these bottles I pop. All this paper I been getting... and I'm only 23. I'm the shit now. Look at me. Meek Mill ft Rick Ross - "I'm a Boss"
I don't know who the fuck people think I am. I'm 23 years old. Educated. Employed. I'm my own woman. Like I told xxxxxxx today, don't let the birthdate fool you. The best thing about growing up where I did is that we grow up far too fast. When I tell you all this is my 7th life, I'm serious. There's the few years I don't remember. When I was 5, I woke up in a cold world and for the next two years I tried to understand the world on my own. With only strangers to care for me, I learned politics. I learned that people don't understand me. & that I have questions either they can't answer or won't. I learned that people hold the truth from you and that you have to figure out what's going out on your own. I learned what you do and don't say. I learned how to answer questions without telling the truth & without lying. I realized that there was a difference between right & wrong. I learned that sometimes, good people do bad things for good reasons. I learned the people care for you, but that doesn't mean they love you. & that just because someone is by your side today, that doesn't mean they'll be there tomorrow. By 7, I was an adult trapped in a child's body and understood that growth is a biological function. I realized that the only learning was only done by paying attention. I learned that if I wanted to learn more, I would have to pay attention while other's weren't. So when I went home, I read my books. While my classmates read the bare minimum of 30 minutes a night, I read till I couldn't anymore. I'd fill in the time slot and have my big brother sign over the line that read, "parent/guardian." (I never had much respect for that line because all it meant was "the adult who is allowed to tell you what to do." I didn't respect that. I knew how long I read for. Why would I lie? I didn't need "permission" to go anywhere, I felt. I know what the fuck I should and should not do. & If I was to do something wrong, I also knew what I was doing. #BelieveThat
