Complaints And Confessions

I am so sick and tired Of being treated like a kid I am a grown man now and I shouldn't be treated like this I look around And I see people staring at me But that is all That they are ever going to see They are never going to get to know The man that I can be I may not be able To provide for myself at the moment But pretty soon I'll be back on my feet Before you all know it Just because I don't have my own car Or own my own house Doesn't mean that I should be treated any less of a man In front of the people that I am around Sorry to brag But I just feel like a complete drag I just don't want to end up like my dad I feel so bad for myself Because I am always spinning Through stages of psychological hell But I have to keep my head held high And keep telling myself that I can touch the sky Because the way that I feel I couldn't even begin to tell you why Because You wouldn't be able to feel the same emotions That you can see within my eyes Truth is I'm just an average guy Trying to make it in life Just like everybody else that surrounds me It's a never ending working progress Of which I have yet to accomplish And each an every day It's getting harder for me What part of a struggling black man Do they not see I know I have the support of my family But I want to take change of my own life You know I want to live a little Because you only live once And while I am young This is my chance to take advantage of it I have no choice But to have an optimistic view If your luck was running out on you Wouldn't you feel like that too? I suppose not Because you all have smiles on your faces And everything seems to always fall Into all the right places But I won't waste my time Trying to convince people to hire me Because I have filled out so many applications It's not even funny This is not a joke I don't have time to play Is it so hard to see the emotion In these words that I say I mean give me break This is my life that's at stake I can only help you If you help me I guess you expect me To just keep waiting But tell me this How far do you think That this is going to get me in the long run?