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The Right to Dream
As children, we are endowed by our creators
With the unalienable right to dream
We can do whatever we want
If we put our minds to it
We can’t wait to grow up
To seize every opportunity that we can
Because, after all
They tell us that we’re unstoppable
Now, unless we’re in the top three of our class
We have no right to dream
If we don’t have a four-point-oh GPA
And SAT scores in the seven hundreds at least
We may as well kiss our bright futures goodbye
If we don’t play sports
Or take college level classes
We may as well forget it
There is no hope for us
And even if somehow
We manage to fit all of these criteria
God forbid our teachers don’t like us
Or can’t write good recommendation letters
Or we’re too poor to pay for college
But not poor enough to receive need-based scholarships
And then there are the people around us
The girl who takes four AP classes
And still has time to call her boyfriend every night
The boy who gets a perfect score on his SAT
And hits the gym every day
And makes it look easy
How do they do it?
How are they so successful
While we’re working ourselves to death
Just to land in the middle of the pack once again?
And we don’t have time to think
But sometimes we can’t help but wonder
Why we’re killing ourselves
For a future that’s not even ours to take
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