Complaints And Confessions

I am so sick and tired
Of being treated like a kid
I am a grown man now
and I shouldn't be treated like this
I look around
And I see people staring at me
But that is all
That they are ever going to see
They are never going to get to know
The man that I can be
I may not be able
To provide for myself at the moment
But pretty soon I'll be back on my feet
Before you all know it
Just because I don't have my own car
Or own my own house
Doesn't mean that I should be treated any less of a man
In front of the people that I am around
Sorry to brag
But I just feel like a complete drag
I just don't want to end up like my dad
I feel so bad for myself
Because I am always spinning
Through stages of psychological hell
But I have to keep my head held high
And keep telling myself that I can touch the sky
Because the way that I feel
I couldn't even begin to tell you why
Because You wouldn't be able to feel the same emotions
That you can see within my eyes
Truth is I'm just an average guy
Trying to make it in life
Just like everybody else that surrounds me
It's a never ending working progress
Of which I have yet to accomplish
And each an every day
It's getting harder for me
What part of a struggling black man
Do they not see
I know I have the support of my family
But I want to take change of my own life
You know I want to live a little
Because you only live once
And while I am young
This is my chance to take advantage of it
I have no choice
But to have an optimistic view
If your luck was running out on you
Wouldn't you feel like that too?
I suppose not
Because you all have smiles on your faces
And everything seems to always fall
Into all the right places
But I won't waste my time
Trying to convince people to hire me
Because I have filled out so many applications
It's not even funny
This is not a joke
I don't have time to play
Is it so hard to see the emotion
In these words that I say
I mean give me break
This is my life that's at stake
I can only help you
If you help me
I guess you expect me
To just keep waiting
But tell me this
How far do you think
That this is going to get me in the long run?