The Ballad of an Autistic Man

holler if you hear me

got stuff to say

holler if you hear me

gotta speak my mind

i wrote you guys a song today

my poetry has lyrics, DUUUUH

it’s about my autism, i got stigmatized for it

i mean, i still do get stigmatized

once people feel threatened by me

i don’t know if it’s because of the honesty

or the success

it might be both

so these individuals insist on

calling me degrading names

which proves how small-minded they are,

i laugh every time they say some foolishness

yet they stay on my heels just to see what i’m up to

so they like me, but they not gone tell me that they do

they don't have to, i see right through their fooleries

i had gripes with socializing as a child

i was misunderstood

so that’s why they thought i was retarded

i was overlooked

so that’s why they thought i wasn’t competent

i was the laughingstock of George Washington Carver Elementary

couple years later, i started publishing books

bet you were wrong about me, weren’t you

i know that’s right

wrong as heck, i love proving you as such

it’s comical as hell, i get a kick out of

watching your jaws collect dust once they drop

you counted me out, now that wasn’t smart

i had limited interests

still do, to be honest

that’s how i became so great at writing

taking all that time you could’ve

spent getting with girls, going to parties,

and becoming one of the cool kids

instead you used it to write poems,

books, and plot sheets

i took all that resentment and

turned it into motivation, look at

where that’s taking me

right to Kean University

once i’m out of there,

catch me in Hollywood afterward

chilling with Selena Gomez and Ariana Grande,

blazing marijuana right in your faces

whipping jet skis in the Pacific

living by the beach

appearances on the Jimmy Kimmel Show,

chopping it up with Ellen

my face plastered all over billboards in Manhattan

dropping platinum selling albums,

New York Times Bestsellers,

box office busters

it’s only a matter of time, a brother is just being patient

don’t try to get on the hype train now

when it was docked at the station,

you ain’t even wanna become a passenger

how does it feel?

good ol’ Khali Raymond surpassing you

now don’t become a subway surfer