[ WP ] `` Why would you throw your life away like this ? ''

Surrounded by wealth, the title of rich 
 
 Born into a dream, never scratched my own itch 
 
 The stuck up noses, the cars, the planes 
 
 Never tickled my fancy 
 
 Every one up in age, every turn of life's page 
 
 I felt more distant, distance turned to rage 
 
 The poor that I meet, the pain that I heard 
 
 It ripped at my heart, I found it absurd 
 
 I learned from the South Side, and also the West 
 
 It was only through helping, that I felt my best 
 
 With every built shelter, with every youth housed 
 
 I felt washed with pride, my conscious aroused 
 
 Not a peep at the galas, nor at the chalet 
 
 The rich family I had thought I'd left for some days 
 
 The whinging over money, titles, land 
 
 This was not the life I'll ever understand 
 
 On my 23rd day, I sat cross from my dad 
 
 Half a billion dollars, he smiled so glad 
 
 The family business, the Lambo mine too 
 
 Not a single thing my soul could hold on to 
 
 On graduation day, I finally announced 
 
 My stake in the business, I'd offcially renounce 
 
 With many a gasp, I added once more 
 
 I would be living in Englewood as a mentor 
 
 Pearls were clutched, brows were dropped 
 
 White wine glasses were tinkled and topped 
 
 I turned to leave, clouded from his bliss 
 
 `` Why would you throw your life away like this?'' 
 
 `` This is n't my life, this all came from you 
 
 My life will be spent doing all I can do 
 
 To help those who were not as lucky as me 
 
 If thats throwing life away, I guess I'll see'' 
 
 I donated the money, on welfare I depend 
 
 I never spoke to my family again 
 
 But I wake up every day, even if it do n't pay 
 
 Knowing I did not at all throw my life away 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 

