Co-Depen-DEBT

The majority of our black community is failing, in co-depen-DEBT
Looking good without a cent left
Pay day to pay day
Always on lay-a-way
Credit cards maxed
Obtaining clothes but no land
Wearing Russell’s and Kimora’s Phat clothes
But owning no phat portfolio
Car registration’s past due because you chose to procure the status symbol of assurance
Driving a nice car with no insurance
Car’s not maintained, you hope it has endurance
Co-depen-DEBT where is your wealth?
If asked what FICO is?
Will your reply be is that some new kind of designer trend?
And then hop merrily to the store
Too ignorant to realize that a FICO is a credit score
They admire you at work and in your hood
Because on the outside you always look good
But you have no wisdom within
Otherwise you would save often and rarely spend
When you take off the bling at night
You know that you ain’t right
Because while looking good you neglect to pay your bills
Too busy feigning and fronting and now you’re beginning to feel ill
You may be top dawg or diva now, but soon you’ll be bankrupt
With your hand stretched out with the proverbial homeless cup
With a sign that says, “Will work for bling and trivial things”
Standing near the freeway off ramp, in last year’s trends
Top Dawg and Ms. Diva, you had better realize what time it is
It is time to wake up
And stop looking fly while being Co-depen-DEBT

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