If you'd put as much power
into the plan
of how you could "do it"
-- stick it to the the man --,
as much as you did
in saying
that it was all hopeless...
then you wouldn't
really be here, thinking
that it was hopeless!
...
That old man is a sitting-duck,
and I'm a pigeon, shedding
over the Washington Monument.
...
The only ones that have been
victimized, wrongfully, in my eyes,
are the ones who've gone
DOWN in the fight,
unavenged, because you...
WANT
another comfortable night.
You want your comfort,
don't wanna be a martyr.
Comfort? Don't be a martyr!
Where is the strength
in that, kid?
I bet your mom's been wonderin'
the same exact shit,
meanwhile, mine's been
losing faith in my ability
to bring prosperity
as I pivot, all the harder...
towards Writing.
...
I wanna invite all these old friends
over to a classic banquet,
but I can't if they think
that it's hopeless!
I guess you're pretty well acquainted
with that word, kid.
Yeah, from the H
all the way down... to the S.


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