Life didn’t start with us, and it won’t end with us.
But right now? This moment? This is ours.
We owe it to ourselves to blow.
We owe it to society, our growth.
We owe it to society for the pain.
See, we didn’t build this system. We’ve been victimized by it.
While the rich stay lifted, and the wealthy stay insulated,
we’ve been the core. The muscle. The backbone.
And still, we’re paid just enough to survive. Not enough to live.
They use us in their labor.
Then turn around and sell our time back to us with a price tag.
Our children go to schools that strip identity, don’t build the future.
We drop them off so we can go to work
and then daycare eats what little we earn.
Then they come for our food.
Our breath.
Our juice.
Yes, even juice.
Because they know it’s something we’ll always need more of.
We were never taught to farm only to consume.
Never taught to build only how to follow and repeat.
That’s the design.
But we owe our ancestors more than that.
We owe them our growth.
Our voice.
Our blow-up.
Because they didn’t just suffer, they planted.
And now it’s time for the soil to shake.
We are the people.
We are the core.
We are this country, and we’re tired of being treated like debris.
You can see it in our resilience.
We keep coming back. We keep feeding families.
We keep growing in soil meant to bury us.
But hear me, we are too damn nice to this society.
We accept too much.
We’ve built this fear of people just like us people who bleed, cry,
love.
But I see what’s happening because I’m in it.
I’ve lived the disrespect. The low pay. The weight of being
“replaceable.”
I’ve gained skills.
I’ve stacked tools.
I’ve worked in industries you wouldn’t believe.
And what did I find?
They still want to use you, not build with you.
You can be a truck driver, a tech worker, a teacher
give them all your hours, and still be stuck.
Still not free.
Because they don’t teach you how to own it.
They teach you how to earn for them.
And yet
We still have to eat.
We still have to live.
We still have to grow.
But America has never prioritized growth for all.
They let people fall like loose change.
I’ve delivered to their homes.
I’ve seen how the wealthy live.
And I’ve realized my most profitable approach
isn’t serving their vision.
It’s owning mine.
I’ve worked too hard to just survive.
I’ve stood too long to just beg.
And if my net worth is tied to my network, and that network is just
everyday people
then it’s going to be us who rise together.
Because I will not give up my soul for fake success.
I will not stand ashamed in a mansion,
ashamed of who I became just to get there.
No.
My success must help others.
It must serve something greater than ego or numbers.
I am not a pawn.
I’m a flame.
And this nation is greedy.
It’s dumb with power.
It’s loud with control.
But it has forgotten how to be human.
So we owe it to this society
to STAND.
We owe it to ourselves to grow, to build, to live.
To stop being told what pieces we’re allowed to hold
and take back the whole damn pie.
This kind of resilience?
It has no end.
It’s rooted.
It’s ancestral.
It’s spiritual.
So when I stand on business, I know:
It may cost me money.
But I will never sell my core values.
If they won’t open the door
then let them cry.
Let them die in confusion.
Let them feel what it’s like to watch the very people they tried to
control
grow beyond their reach.
Because I deserve to live.
And if you're reading this
so do you.
You deserve the full breath of your being.
You deserve growth not fear.
Peace not panic.
Expansion not control.
Even now, as they use fear to keep us tame
don’t let them fool you.
Hospitals and pills are not our only options.
We were human before the system.
We can be human beyond it.
So rise.
Even if you’re broken.
Even if they’ve stumped on your fire.
Get up.
Get up again.
Because you owe it to yourself.
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