loser.

don't get me wrong, i don't think i have low self-esteem.

matter of fact, i think pretty damn highly of myself. i NEVER need anyone to tell me I'M the man!

but what happens when no one agrees with you? where does that leave you?

i've always prided myself on REALLY 'not caring what others think'. now everybody says it, a lot of people might actually mean it, but few people actually truthfully DO NOT CARE what other people think about them. i'm one of those people. i do me, all the time. damn what you got to say about it, or think about it. my looks, my choices, my plans, my path, are all shaped by ME and the things that are important to ME, with little or no outside influence. like i said before, i'm the man, and i know it.

but maybe i'm wrong.

see i've been gettin to thinkin. what good is it to have high self-image, if no one else agrees?

what's the point of thinking you're a smart or witty guy, if no one else notices?

what's the point of thinking you're a good employee, if you're never gonna move up from the bottom?

what's the point of thinking you're a good man, or "husband material", if no women are really tryin to be with you like that?

what's the point of thinkin you're a good woman, or "wifey material", if niggas keep treatin you like weekend booty?

what's the point?

maybe its up to all of us to hold ourselves up within, even when (especially when) the world without won't do it.

or maybe i'm just a loser.

but you can't tell ME that shit, far as i know, I'M THE MAN.