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The Online Literary Magazine of Paradise Valley Community College
I'm Renouncing My Rights
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Antwon Popé
Who has the gall, to say to them all, despite all of your hatred, you still can't stand in the way of my greatness. I'm destined for an impeccable legacy, through consistency, dedication, and determination, I'm gonna kill complacency, stagnation and procrastination.
I'm running to my purpose, and my actions will shatter the earth as soon as I hit it. I deserve success. I will look fear in his eyes and spit in his face and dare him to try again to test my best. I guess, I rather die trying, then living with contentment, and resentment in a life that wasn't meant for me. I'm destined to be, the best version of me, the world is counting on me. And with faith on my side, and god watching closely from above, I have been chosen to rise. I have no limits in my skies. I have one life to live, but in it, I have unlimited try's. I'm powerful beyond measure, earth’s treasure, and I'm persistently getting better. I will never settle for anything less then stellar. I have a vendetta against anyone who don't have aspirations to be better. I can learn to speak any language, but I'll never learn to speak quitter. I rather approach life with vigor, not jitters. I rather empower my fellow man, then sit back and be bitter. Shout out to twitter, for creating an avenue for the president to call our athletes son's of bitches, what's next, Nigga? Go figure, they called Dick Gregory a hypocritical sinner. They’ve killed all of our kings MLK, JFK, Cassius Clay, what else can I say, be fake, stand for a flag on Sunday, and on Monday we still get gunned down anyway. Throw a flag on play, penalized for our actions, i'm guessing injustice is not the issue, it's Kaepernick's Afro as he kneeled, media reaction. But what’s really happening is this, Boy, you ain't using our name, on our stage, you know, americas game, to gain fame, speaking about something we all know you are right about, but you a worker, you better stay in your lane. That’s crazy, yet insane, our athletes can't peacefully protest, without sacrificing their financial gain. And it’s all a game, if we ain't modern day slaves, then that home of the brave slogan, only belongs to the soldiers who risk their lives, for America’s devilish ways. Which war are we fighting, cancer or aids? Domestic violence where an argument with your girl, translates to we trafficking sex slaves. It’s a new day, and we ain't phased by being tased, we get enraged by this quote on quote land of the free society, but in reality we are caged. And they are amazed that they can make an example out of one player and the whole league gets afraid, but with unity they will cave. Let’s take back our stage. The strength is in the numbers and nothing can stop us when we are on the same page. Today is a brand new day. As one we stand, NFL I renounce my rights as one of your fans.
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