Feelings Cannot Be Invalid

I need an education

So I can get a job

At least that's what they say

Society, Dad, and Mom

Without college we're all stupid

Something we've all been made to believe

But the stress builds up as does the debt

And these problems make me want to leave

I'm out of ways to pay

That won't bite back

I work two jobs and yet my school

Still leaves me with a lack

Of money, of sleep,

Of any stability

It's so very hard but,

"It's my responsibility"

Each day I awake

Feeling a punch to my guts

But all I can hear is my soul crying back

"Dude, you're stuck in a rut."

Every morning is alike

Class, work, class, work

But the minute I voice exhaustion

I'm labeled an ungrateful jerk

Life has not been the hardest,

I'll admit to that

I did not go on wanting 

Was never shoved under the mat

But one thing I'm so tired of hearing

Way too friekan often

"You have nothing to complain about

Name one thing in your life that's been rotten" 

Just because life hasn't been terrible

Is no reason to say I lied

I don't control everything

I'm just along for the ride

But my problems are still problems

mybe just a differnet scale

I still need school, food, and stable future

And my future is never for sale