Identity Progressions
In an attempt to introspect
I write this verse with my heart
Very somber, filled with regrets
But with clarity beyond any extrinsic breath
See, before I was living in bad faith
I was busy perpetrating the stereotypes of my race
I was out to get mines, my slice of the cake
Someone would be right in assessing
That with my vanity and charm, I was trying to catch a break
Someone would want me
I just had to fit in
Adulation of a group is what I reaped
Satisfaction and an affinity for the masses’ attention
Happened to be what I seek
But it must be psychological
That fact that attention at home and approval from authority
Was given so infrequently I had to find somewhere to show my glory
My destitute soul only wanted to escape the chains of inferiority
All I can say now is poor me
But I found something beyond what people make of me
Music, it takes me to just the places I want to be
Challenging and self-actualizing,
It brings peace and quiets the beast of egotism
I found creativity and crave more knowledge, more wisdom
About how analogous my world is,
To Progression of fourths and fifths