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Green Grass
I wish I had the money, the time
 To spend my nights in a mansion
 To sleep on fine silk
 That curves itself to fit the curves of me
 What is hunger?
 What is stress?
 Such misfortunes know not my name
 But no, my days are filled with envy
 Of others that relish in a cooler breeze
 While i sweat in Summer's gaze
 They always say it's no greener on their side
 But they're always lying to me
 And they don't know what I got over here
 Dead grasses, broken leaves
 Dead promises, broken dreams
 Nonstop wishing for better days
 Praying to the invisibility that never answers
 With no one relating
 No one to tell
 From fear of judgement
 They're always judging me
 It's 'cause they have so much green 
 To mow and throw anywhere they please
 Then complain to me about their tough times
 How hard life is for them
 And mock me in my agony
 Because they say I don't know real pain
 Oh, my life is so sweet they tell me
 Being, somehow in the midst of shadowy skies,
 Able to serenade the stars from their superior positions
 Into the waves of my coarse hair
 Embed them deep within my chocolate skin
 And I am covered
 For they bathe me
 With the most striking air of pride
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