Tekeling

I'm writing you from a rooftop

in the ghetto

my brother/sister

it's time to let go

holding on to tight

is what's making you choke

you got your own hand

wrapped around your throat

you think it's the mans hand?

the man can't make you do handstands

if you don't put trust in man

now, understand

your eyes must be open

to see what is happening

write it on a napkin

wrap it around your wrist

you need to know what time it is

climate will fool you

crawling will school you

climbing can school you

if you fall it teaches you

how to, crawl back onto your feet again

it is through persistence

that we win

we don't need, mans permission

to breathe

again