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Let me ask you something . . .

Are you fully living your life?

Or are you in groove with the routine

That keeps you on the grind

Turning a nickel to a dime?

From auto pilot

To cruise control

Living “this” life

Paying the toll . . .

But what do I really know?

I know that I got to pay

For this shelter

The roof over my head

Exchanging time for money

The life of the dead!

Buried inside this body of mine . . .

I have a dream,

I have a life!

But damn . . .

I am stuck in the rat race of 9 to 5.

I have no time to myself

Or for anything else!

Exhausted from the mentality

of the  “J.O.B.”

Day in and day out

Admitting I slave to somebody else

Money for the rich while the poor stay poor

So let me ask you something . . .

When will the day come

You set yourself free . . .

And live your life,

Your destiny?

It is up to you . . .

Stay on auto pilot

And keep paying the toll . . .

Or wake up

And set a new goal!

Raja Williams, All Rights Reserved 2013