Sellout Son
By: Tyler Ross
You would think being raised in a low to middle class
Would erase my complaints and resort me to speak of the past
You’ve got it wrong, oh you’ve got it wrong
I will never go back and relive those days with pop and ma
A big fucking smile plasters my face
I escaped
What’s done is done and the world needs to know my place
In this fucking world you’ve got to learn from your mistakes (I know I’ve learned!)
You bet your ass I won’t be repeating those things I did in that living space
Hoisted from a master’s degreed ball player and a security guard slash housewife
Those two fucking lovers loved, but did it fucking wrong raising life
They worked their fingers to the bone and neglected to save their home
But who can blame non-planned parents
A classic household with two sons, but one forced to grow alone
I don’t hate the path of my old man or the efforts birthed from my own mom
They weren’t ready to have us kids, but did the best to get along
Those fights that rocked our home or the fear from their own touch
It’s those days I can’t replace and those nights it got so rough
They did the best they could and I didn’t do much to help
I just left them alone and mostly raised nothing but hell
So who would want a son that causes his creators so much grief?
A fucking sellout son, who was just too cold and a conniving fucking leech
Obtained from my own mom
You know the story of the dad, who wasn’t around
He was there, but didn’t care even when I made a sound (Don't blame him)
Popular in directing attention to my troubled ways
Stayed educated, questioning everything and looked ahead to better days
For those who’ve gotten this far (Fiction this be at best)
You should know my parents were better than most providers
A learned storyteller, I confess
But I just wasn’t all that great
I sold them out to be a liar
When speaking about them terribly seven years to this date
This is dedicated to the individuals, but ruined by the gullible masses