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In this spoken‑word style monologue, the speaker addresses a mother figure while declaring a fierce determination to voice every thought inside their head. They express frustration with past constraints, reject external expectations, and assert control over their own destiny, likening themselves to a sailor mastering the sea. The speaker reflects on early emotional wounds, describing a life broken from a young age, and how they channel that pain into poetry and music for a limited audience. The piece blends anger, vulnerability, and a resolve to transform personal heartache into artistic expression, emphasizing self‑empowerment and the cathartic power of sharing one’s inner voice.

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Yeah, Mom. Yeah, Mom. First things first, I'mma say all the words inside my head. I'm fired up and tired of the way that things have been, oh, ooh. The way that things have been, oh, ooh. Second thing, second, don't you tell me what you think that I can be. I'm the one at the sail. I'm the master of my sea, oh. Ooh, the master of my seal. Ooh. I was broken from a young age, taking my soul into the masses, writing my poems for the few that look at me, took at me, shook at me, feeling me singing from heartache, from the pain, taking my message from the veins, speaking my lesson from the brain, seeing the beauty through the—