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They told us we broke, cause we ain't work hard
But the ladder rigged, and they built it in the graveyard
We inherit debt like a family crest
And when we speak on it, they call it ungratefulness
Your mama sold time for a quarter to feed
Your pops clocked in till his bones would bleed
Still ain't own nothin' but stress and rent
Tryna stretch 8 hours just to pay the percent
This ain't poor by accident, it's planned in books
We ain't lazy, dawg, we was robbed by crooks
They gave us dreams on layaway
While the rich get loans just to play with pay
We count coins, they flip stocks in sleep
We dodge eviction, they dodge tax with ease
System got roots deep in despair
Tellin' kids with no food, just grow up and care
Debt ain't just money, it's psychological
You start to think your value's biological
You start to feel like you're the reason you lack
That shame in your gut, that's how they attack
You blame your mom for buyin' shoes too nice
You blame yourself for that food stamp slice
But never ask why the system so slick
Got billionaires payin' zero while you drown in it
They teach finance after your credit gone
Teach ownership in zones where rent too strong
Generational wealth, that's a joke to most
When your granddad died, he just left you ghosts
This ain't random, it's architecture
Poverty got code, like it's hand-etched texture
Whole blocks designed for despair to grow
Red lines on maps say keep 'em low
What's the price of chains, when the shackle's invisible
When freedom's a slogan, and pain is habitual
We don't see walls, we feel 'em in rent
In the job that kills us just to pay what's spent
They say we broke, nah, we been robbed
By a system with a smile and a uniformed squad
We ain't helpless, we just misled
And this lesson's the fire they always dread
You ever look at your bank and feel like a ghost
Clock in, clock out, still losin' hope
They sell us dreams with high-interest pain
Then repo the whip and gaslight your brain
Loans got claws, tuition's a scam
They hand you debt before you know who I am
You 18, signin' for chains you can't see
Now you 38, still ain't free
Just work harder, what a toxic spell
When the owners inherit while you build the shell
And they got yachts, we got overdraft fees
They got lobbyists, we got third-shift knees
And we ain't ask for luxury
Just breathin' room, a shot at peace
But every time we try to climb
The rope turns noose in real time
This is Lesson 7, write it in your skin
The system ain't broken, it was built to win
Against us, around us, through what we chase
But now we see the whole damn face
Debt is the leash, poverty's the cage
And we the lions they tried to tame with wage
But the truth don't beg, and we don't bend
We teach what schools hide
This is how it ends
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