On Fix Income

pPaper trail/p pDiploma, BA, 1040EZ/p pLed to SSI that is real/p pMight be broke at the end of the month/p pBut busy like a bee/p pDon’t need a time card to punch/p pTraveled the world/p pMet my girl/p pDollar is not what I need/p pGot my section eight condo/p pDancing with Uncle Sam twisted feet in the Tango/p pOn fix income gives me freedom/p pGot to do what I got to do/p pCreative paperwork/p pDoctor's note proof of income/p pThis is work/p pCrossing my t’s dotting my i’s/p pReading what’s between the lines/p pNo, Jerry Lewis didn’t heal me/p pSo why do I have to convince u annually/p pI still have a disability/p pKripple US President/p pGave me what Congress now trying to take back/p pFDR hide his disability and aired his racism/p pLiving with contradictions/p pAmerican dream/p pKilling MLK’s dream/p pSleeping in the middle of the day/p pCapitalism is not my hands of time/p pGreek culture rocking me in a siesta/p pThe state gives takes it away/p pPolitical winds blows each every way/p pWe know what is right what should stay/p pDon’t need political winds in my ear/p pThe Deaf can hear the truth/p pPutting it on the mic in the studio booth/p pAll of this more on fix income/p pPaying landlord for a home/p pElders youth in a nursing home/p pNow I’m alone/p pAtt cut off my phone/p pDoctor’s note in my pocket cause I always need proof/p pOn fix income/p pBut my life is not fix/p pProperty manager won’t fix shit/p pFirst of the month/p pRent but my nephews are always sick/p pMildew, windows closed but feels open/p pRing ring ring/p pBill collectors doing their thing/p pI continue to do mine/p pDays blend together/p pOut weathering the storm/p pOn the man’s plantation picking cotton corn/p pBudget cuts/p pPeeps jumping out of windows/p pStreets flooding with blood/p pUp and down San Francisco’s hills/p pPoor people know how to survive on little/p pWhile the rich popping pills/p pRip up paper/p pBroken promises/p pNow student loans in default but isn’t my fault/p pDay after graduation they came knocking/p pWhile states can’t balance their own budget/p pUncle Sam’s hands in my pocket/p pMove over yeah right there/p pNow jerk me off god damnit/p pNothing but balls so play pocket pool you fool/p pWon’t never have/p pA two-car garage/p pWhite picket fence a mortgage/p pMy people were already property/p pYou can fool me once I already took out a loan/p pSo I don’t have the urge to own/p pDirect deposit/p pEverything under the table/p pBlack man can’t ever get comfortable/p pCointelpro 24/7/p pCameras in certain communities/p pReality TV shows without commercials/p pIn the middle of the month eating mac cheese another day/p pEaster hunt for spare change for bus fare/p pBoss doc my pay cause public transportation was late/p pFuck it I’ll stay home/p pCollect a monthly check/p pNo more playing tug of war/p pI know what I get/p pAnd when it comes/p pLiving on fix income/p pBy Leroy Moore/p