"5:55"
© Raul Cortes Jr. 7/9/17
If a company never purchases a million leaflets of my poetry..
If my writing isn't an effective enough marketing tool because consumers know it's me..
If my name & skills doesn't amount to good credit..
If observers think I'm hating on the next man that get it..
If I never earn dirty money & put it in the washer machine..
If I can't invest in the ghetto after the dollars is cleaned..
If wearing a Oxford shirt & khakis doesn't represent excellence..
If the public perceive that I'm asleep because my wake lacks inheritance..
If I never OWN a television network..
If the thoughts I stream on the web doesn't produce enough of a TIDAL wave to increase my networth..
If I never become deliberately detached from the collective struggle..
If I never exploit observers by concealing the secrets to the hustle..
If I never convince others that my confessions is a sole sign of growth..
If I never lead you to believe that my knowledge of achieving the American dream means that I've awoke..
..Then realize I didn't represent economic determination..
..At the expense of representing global resistance & capitalistic extermination.
©polo
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