RELENTLESS

RELENTLESS

By Rafael Vega 

Relentless 

It's more than a name, use this story as a lesson 

Relentless 

It's the pace I had to keep just to make it out the trenches

Relentless 

Take a second, look into my glasshouse 

I'm not afraid of stones, I was born into a trap house 

To this day, I still hate the smell of dope 

I used to watch my father self-sabotage just to cope 

For years, I'd do the same. How far back does this go? 

This is why we never grow; our cycle needs to be broke 

Red and blue lights, they put my father in their backseat 

I remember cold, hard seats, and I hoped they'd never catch

me In foster care, that was the first time I was read to 

I didn't want to leave because I got tucked into bed too 

From women and children's shelters, to even being

homeless, It's hard to have hope when the life I lived was

hopeless

I couldn't feel a thing, because no one taught me how to feel

From the Eastside of town, I would dream about the hills 

A white picket fence and a home with both parents 

I hated making Honor Roll, I would feel so embarrassed 

Was it wrong to do right? It was hard to tell me otherwise

Afraid to break the norm, I wanted to fail like them other guys

I remember wanting to be active and striving to see detention

I wish they taught us how to use our minds as a weapon 

And then I started wrestling 

I never saw it as a blessing

It kept me busy, working hard, and out of the way of the politics

I'll never forget that feeling when that letter read "Scholarship" I

was told to "keep going and never look back." 

But it's hard to do that when babies are still inside the trap 

If you have no one to relate to, you know that you can look to me

I never thought I'd be a Pro athlete with two Degrees 

They don't tell us we have potential, we believe when they say we're senseless

Work hard and stay focused, chase your dreams and be Relentless

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