in my own way

i am not the voice
of the working class
the only work i do
is getting these songs to you
trusted my gut and my heart
to keep doing my thing
it was brutal at times
and still is sometimes
when you feel that feeling
that something is off
that nothing is working
and you don’t wanna force it
because that is not what
this is about at all
this is the opposite of force
had moments in the spotlight
friends and lovers and community
but i was unhappy there
knew i needed to find
something deeper to show
something more real
the songs i was singing
my skills and styles
my ideas about the world
about commerce and art
about truth, love and god
my personas and movements
didn’t really know anything
nor had the confidence
to express the not knowing
the insecurities although
i even tried doing that
i pretended and this disharmony
was eating away my soul
in recent years i have finally
found what i have been looking for
and now the challenge is how
to present it to you
that is my work
but i am not a voice
for the working class
fuck now that i think of it
maybe in my own way
i am.