Poverty

Poverty

I do this shit properly

Never shuts off

It’s my quandary

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My rent is overdue

By more than a few months

My landlord said she’s through

She only wants her funds

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I was overdue on a payment

The heat about to be shut down

It stated on their statement

That I was their biggest clown

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I was once charged a fee

For speaking too loudly

Here’s what the officer stole from me

I no longer talk too proudly

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So poverty has me constantly looking over my shoulder

And honestly I’ve only gotten even more bolder

The roaches only come out to play in the dark

Maybe that’s poverty’s trademark