#SCHOLARSHIP
Every single day, I log into my computer
Of Fastweb,Zinch,and Cappex I'm a daily user
I apply for all these scholarships that seem and sound so promising
that promise me that if I just try once the outcome's profiting
I applied for a talent scholarship I had it down
made a video about my musical talents how I'm well round
I produced my beat from scratch on FL Studio like that
wrote the lyrics to match and didn't sing a note flat
but I lost to my dismay I shook my head and said "no way"
I just lost 5000 dollars to a girl who shows you how to build a cake
I couldn't believe that happened, she just seriously won the grant
I could pick up a starch mix box and build a cake by reading the back
and if it isn't strange enough than I want you to tell me
is it a coincidence her dad's a senator from Washington DC?
who's CEO of a company and we know how much money it can bring
said "give my daughter the win I'll give you just about anything"
"give my girl the crown or turn the winner around"
"I have hundreds of checking accounts just name me the damn amount"
and I know it might not make sense if they're that rich you might have doubts
but when youre applying to Harvard accomplishments like those count
here I am broke,without a penny to pay for college
I acknowledge my career but now those dreams have started to vanish
I had all these different plans but they changed and I must adapt
thank you senator, for taking away my only chance
FAFSA won't give the grant cause my parents lack a social
I still dont have a dime and yet I look at everything hopeful
who's the grant for FASFA?is it for me or my parents?
if it's for me then why do you question their status and require them to be present?
no they don't have documents what the fuck you want me to do?
are you seriously gonna keep stalling me and not let me afford my school?
I gave you my social,birth certificate and everything you asked for
and ya gonna say, "even though you're American your parents don't have a passport"
We're very sorry Joe, it's not you,its your people
even if though you're born here you parents are still illegal
now I'm out here on my own tryna pay for this shit alone
I need 8 thousand by August for school or else I'm staying home
and every day I stay busy,selling dro to these hippies
selling grams can get risky,I'll tell you this shit ain't pretty
told the wholesale guy "I need an ounce, all 28 grams"
"you better give all of the grass,unless you wanna get clapped"
he said "I distribute with class now heres the rest of your stash"
I said "heres the rest of your cash, and it's a complete stack"
and people ask "that's how you get by?all you're doing is dealing?"
I say "na I have two jobs, I'm a cashier by the evening"
I stand up for hours, and take all these people's orders
some are unbelievably rude from law enforcers even to lawyers
and that's the cold truth, what the system has created
the generated corruption on me has accumulated
yet every single day I check every scholarship site
still hoping that I just might, get lucky and get a strike
that my work the judges like and finally do what's right
the patience test I'll survive and someday I'll win that prize
but until then ,I'm out here grinding doing everything that I can
to get my school paid hoping you people will understand.
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