Black Dave - I Am Myself (Poem) lyrics

[Verse 1: Black Dave] I was told you gotta go to college and have a good education in order to be successful But why so many people with degrees still out here without a job, struggling, ain't even got no money in they pocket I was told to respect my elders But why so many of my elders making the same stupid mistakes I was told the police are here to help But now it seems like they want us dead more than our worst enemies (sh** crazy) I was told creativity is everything But why so many people in the spotlight are just duplicates of their peers and the people who came before them (fake n***as) f** all that sh** I am myself I am black I am Black Dave I am Black Bart [Sample from The Simpsons]