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Words Can Hurt More Than a Bullet


I don't understand why do they look then laugh I try to ignore it Because I steadily endure it But the is pressure pouring To a point where I can't ignore it Where all my morals just vanish And I only can expand it You never know what these hands can do Until you're pushed to your limit I can't understand it Why do you pry into a life  Do you know that it hurts like a knife That your words continuously slice  At a life that soon to be ice  Why do you hate me so much What did I do in a former life to make you feel so touched Maybe I should hush Life is the most beautiful thing But when you sling those things Life can be the most unbearable fling So I ignore it Because I steadily endure it The pressure pouring And I'm still soaring But what happens when I stop What happens when I drop You can blame a cop For the dead bodies that lay in a ground But what about people you pushed to their limit Now their bodies lay in a grave Not because you physical pulled the trigger But because you mentally pulled the trigger And that can be so much bigger But you are so quick to point a finger Gold figure I'm not saying what the cops did was right  But you can't ignore something so bright The thing that stands in the light So I write What the things people seem to overlook Are maybe just mistook But still you are so unhooked Your unhooked from reality You can't see all the brutality You show no hospitality So I ignore it Because I steadily endure it The pressure is pouring But I'm still roaring But what happens when it becomes a whisper What happens when I can't prosper What happens when I can never roar again Is my life just a game Can't you see my pain As it pours down like rain But I am constantly told to stay in my lane Am I to blame For the constant pain You may be thinking yes it's all your fault But I've been taught So I ignore it Because I steadily endure it The pressure is pouring So what happens next
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