Climbing to the Top

**kinda read it as a rap**

mic in hand, armed and ready
pressures there, expectations heavy,
give it all u got, heres ur shot, BANG! shot down,maybe the next time around
step down, defeated, will u ever beat it?
many stories end this way, dreams smashed, hopes crash
in less than a day. so long, ur first song, happened to be ur last, now a flash, of realization,agitation, and frustration
will they all end like this? just a hit and miss?
anohter person at the same time, performs, but with other goals in mind,
a dream of making it big,but not for sure,they need more and more,
please the crowd, they clap loud,
recite ur lines,influence the young mind,
but are u really getting through to them? all of them?!
don't miss a soul, shoot for the goal,
so close, but u lose, all hope is lost, tossed, out, now ur filled with doubt
get a life, a real job, ur parents say,
"No make way! I'll make it someday!" you scream, ur dreams,
remember a better time, long ago, when they held u close,
and supported everything u stood for, they weren't keeping score,
they loved ur spirit,
now they hate it! degrate it!
forget it,
you'll never amount to crap, ur not even on the map,
of fame and fortune, give up, ur done,
u look out the window, thinking,
"H*LL NO! I won't let go!
I won't give in, I'll win
I will prevail, I cannot fail,
I don't care if I spend all my d@mn life trying, b/c I will die trying!
You frown upon me? Fine!
But the last laugh will be mine!
I'll go it alone, on my own,
I know I can do it,
I know I can make it,
I'll take it,
head on, headstrong,"
u slam the door, walk out
leavin em' shaken, mouths wide open and gaping,
You know you can prove them wrong...

Now months later in the city,
you sleep, and weep, so much agony
a few small gigs, nothing big,
you tripped on ur pride, but whoa, what a ride,
you lay in the alley, starving and tired, wired,
with a dream still alive, even if u die, all this time
those dreams and schemes, still staring u in the eye,
but u lay there almost cold, you've grown old,
u start crying,
and with a gleam of hope in ur eye,

You died trying.