And life for me ain’t been no crystal stair.

Life was never easy, and at times I wanted to give up,

The only thing that kept me here,

Is the fact that you were there.

And life for me,

Life for me was always dark,

With no inch of light,

No centimeter of help,

And no millimeter of hope.

Because life for me ain’t been no crystal stair,

It was wooden and crickety,

It made everything “Lemony Snickety”

So many unfortunate events,

I was a writer and I didn’t even feel comfort from a pen,

I had so many times to get off this stairway,

But I knew the longer I climbed the higher I’d go,

And from what people told me, I already beat the cold.

But they never told me, winter was every year,

And the more I cried the more I felt frozen tears.

And life for me was never easy,

I met cold people and heart- breakers,

I met saints and life-takers,

I met Jesus and The Devil,

But it seemed like higher I climbed, the more the devil was on my level.

I met dream chasers and life savers,

People who brushed off a step for me,

And people who dropped glass.

I met people who told me life was hard, no matter the side of your grass.

And from what I saw, they lied

I’ve had my heart broken; it’s on the third step,

I’ve had my dreams taken, or maybe they left.

But life for me ain’t been no crystal stair,

I’ve never had diamonds,

I had cans,

I’ve never had love or felt the warmth of someone else’s hands.

 See life for me ain’t been no crystal stair.

I never had a yellow brick road,

I’ve had cold.

I never had anyone’s hold,

No one ever saw sadness around me,

And when I lost myself,

No one found me.

It’s like the tears of depression drowned me,

And the more I smiled,

The better a frown seemed.

And life for me,

Life for me was a nightmare,

It seemed like it was killing me,

And I always lived scared.

Life for me was unbearable,

And it seemed like people were uncareable,

If that’s even a word.

It seemed like the world made cold a verb,

No matter how loud I cry, I am not heard.

But remember, I am here, because you are there.

Because life for me ain’t been no crystal stair.