Don't Lose Yourself

You were born with the gift to succeed. You were born with a mind you can feed.

I don't understand how you live through the greed. For a drug that you want, and not the knowledge you need.

You lose yourself day after day.

There was a time you wanted to be great, however living through the pain and the hate. You can't comprehend between real and the fake.

You're holding glass while you smoke on a rock. You take a sign then you stand on a block.

You pretend that you're looking for things, but deep inside you ain't looking for change.

Deep inside you ain't looking for truth. Your addiction is killing your youth.

Since when do vices make you fit in a group. The only person that's losing is you.

You turning homosexual to inject on that H. You losing pounds when you snorting that YE.

You losing your family when you're stealing their shit. Most women start using then trick.

Or really they're just tricking to use, like that's the way of life. Living confused.

That's all I see when I turn on the news, too many died because of the drugs they abused.

To be real how about the drugs that were sold. Released from prison on the day that you're old.

That means you've never seen your kids grow, that 20 years was moving too slow.

You were born with the gift to succeed. You were born with a mind you can feed.

I don't understand how you live through the greed. For a drug that you want, and not the knowledge you need.

You lose yourself to addiction and rights. One day that needle will turn off your lights.

One day that rock will be caught in your chest. I just pray you don't die with regrets.

My only hope is that you don't die alone. You don't have to face addiction alone.

You'll be surprised of all the people that care. Most of them will always be there.

You got to live don't just give up on life. I know that many of you got kids and a wife.

I know some of you are gone and lost. Too many vices got them lost in their thoughts.

You were born with the gift to succeed. You were born with a mind you can feed.

I don't understand how you live through the greed. For a drug that you want, and not the knowledge you need.

Don't Lose Yourself!

D.L Wiggins