[ The Dark Cloud Begins To Spread ]
[ Across The Land ]
[ You Can’t Even Get Out Of Your Own Head ]
[ Because Of Another Person’s Heavy Hand ]

[ A Heavy Hand That Weighs Down Your Self-Esteem ]
[ You No Longer Feel That You Are An Integral Part Of An Important Team ]
[ This Wakes You Up In The Night, Because Your Life Is Now Part Of A Nightmare, Not A Dream ]

[ If Only You Can Get Out Of Your Own Way ]
[ For Even A Day? ]
[ But Where Will You Stay? ]
[ Who Has That Say? ]

[ That Is The Million $ Question To Ask ]
[ When Will You Get Up Off Your Ass ]
[ & Really Try To Take On This Task? ]
[ People Will Pass ]
[ If You Continue To Wear This Apathetic Mask ]

[ When You Just Sit Back & Stare @ The Wall ]
[ That Continues To Push Your Existence Closer To The Edge Of The Abyss ]
[ You Can’t Afford To Fall ]
[ If You Swing & Miss ]

[ This Is Not A “(3) Strikes & You’re Out” Type Of Game ]
[ There Is Nothing That Is The Same ]
[ You Cannot Point @ Anyone To Blame ]
[ So Don’t Go Out There Merely To Drop A Name ]

[ It Is So Crystal Clear ]
[ That You Should Start Looking To Your Peers ]
[ Instead Of Incessantly Looking In Your Mirror ]
[ The Answer Is Not Here ]

[ It Is Out There … ]
[ Somewhere ]

~ Ka hopena ~

Mahalo nui loa
A hui hou kaua e kuu hoa

Na,
Lopaka DeVoe

~ Aloha ~

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