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Rent Free

By Steven Hawkins

By Steven HawkinsPublished 4 years ago 1 min read

I see it all, all laid out like a path
I must be calculated because I can see the math
Aggravated because I'm clearly mad
Unapologetically me is not necessarily bad
Being unique helps you see then you're a visionary
Now they celebrate at first what they thought was scary
The winds of change blow and the flow disturbs the eddy
You can still catch the wave though no matter how temporarily
Now you're a non-profit prophet for profit
Thought you had it when you got it but lost it and dropped it
Fumbled it, flopped it, aborted it like it was adopted
Full stopped it, only problem is you never forgot it
Seeing signs of signs of the times by design
Come on back to the source, of course I'll be benign
Only when they press charges is stealing a crime
But we're even from the free rent I get in your mind

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Steven Hawkins

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