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They condition us at a young age so we don't wake up out of the matrix

By savage writerPublished 6 years ago 1 min read

Child, what do you know about a drive?

Don’t sit up here and tell me that you are going to be writing them damn rhymes and listening to all this rap for the rest of your life!

Eventually, you are gonna have to stop watching them damn anime shows!

Once you’re older, you will have to get a job and keep ya’ behind in school so you can get a degree.

You ain’t gone have no time for this mess, child.

You can’t make no living from music.

Being a self-employed artist is not a real occupation.

A broker or a lawyer is.

How about a schoolteacher?

Child, if you are gonna live in my house—

You will work!

If not, get your ass out!

You ain’t no Jay Z

Boy, you ain’t never sold any crack.

You ain’t no Tupac

You’ve never been shot!

Don’t wanna be, either.

Boy, slugs don’t tickle

They’re known to kill!

Look what happened to Tupac after he got hit up in Vegas.

You ain’t no Beethoven

You ain’t deaf!

And you damn sure as hell don’t know how to play any damn piano!

So, put that damn notebook up and do your homework!

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