The Recession
Drought 1 by Friday Knight
The Recession
By Joy Lynn Clark
10/8/2016
When I was finished with school, I had some big dreams. The funny part was, I was seeing them right before my eyes like that priceless heirloom you can see but not touch at the museum. There it was, my multimedia studio, my music career, everything within reach and nothing that I can grasp.
I sent my resume everywhere. I had plenty of experience because I worked in my industry before I went to school.
During the same time hip-hop was having another theme, “the great drought”. In agriculture there was a real drought, jobs were scarce yet everyone seemed ok but me (lol who else should I worry about?). in addition, the lake was at it’s lowest levels.
I did not know what a recession was. In hindsight, I was feeling it very deeply with my career.
This is Friday Knight. Fresh out of school. I was popular but I was angry. I should have been doing green screen or something.
Drought part 1
We in a drought this year
Even the lake’s too low
Watch your flossy glossy flows
Get you licked fasho
Unemployment’s high
And stocks is low
Watch your flossy glossy flows
Get you licked fasho
Sitting on trey deuce
What you telling me for?
Watch your flossy glossy flows
Get you licked fasho
I ain’t got nowhere to live
I’m damn near homeless Joe
Watch your flossy glossy flows
Get you licked fasho
I ain’t thin cause I work out
I’m broke and I hustle
Cats lie about the struggle
Sound soft like snuggle
Been off the block too long
Phoney ass songs
And every body in club dance along
Like the grimy shit you talk
Is just so fucking fun
I’ll never love this ghetto shit
But I’ll respect it
When I talk about the life
Put it in perspective
Cause people shouldn’t have to
Live their life like this
I got pain in my brain
And I know about the basis
I can’t find a job
And my man’s fighting cases
Probably get evicted
On the first of the month
With all of my equipment
Up in somebody’s trunk
But I’m still the flyest bitch
I’m just down on my luck
I need to get rich quick
Cause my bill’s piling up
And don’t tell me about your ice
Unless you giving it up
Think a bitch think twice
When she’s down on her luck
We in a drought this year
Even the lake’s too low
Watch your flossy glossy flows
Get you licked fasho
Unemployment’s high
And stocks is low
Watch your flossy glossy flows
Get you licked fasho
Sitting on trey deuce
What you telling me for?
Watch your flossy glossy flows
Get you licked fasho
I ain’t got nowhere to live
I’m damn near homeless Joe
Watch your flossy glossy flows
Get you licked fasho
