“I got money I got hoes
I got these and I got those
I got friends and I got foes
I am truth and you are faux”

This rhyme is typical braggadocio, often present within rap. The first two lines I wrote off the top of my head, and the third line came naturally. The fourth line experiences a significant drop in quality, if you ask me, because it was a line deliberately written to fit this rhyme scheme. The greatest lines are often scheme-building, not scheme-fitting. There is a lesson in there.

What is very interesting is that this line contains six real-world statements. Four somewhat objective statements, and only one objectively correct statement. It is up to the reader to try to guess what is what. This was written mid-June 2026.

“Cold world. Baby is it true?
Love her. But does she love you?
In love. Hun, it’s only you.
Cold world. No it isn’t true.”

This is slightly different from the rhyme we got earlier. This is a conversation with oneself. It’s a flow of thoughts someone is having. A person begins by establishing that this world is harsh and good things are rare. But he questions the validity of the feeling we are about to discuss. The feeling is then expressed. The person says he loves her, but his subconscious is making him doubt it. The person cannot have a positive thought without a defense mechanism shooting back. He says they’re in love. But his subconscious shoots back, it is only you who is in love, the other person lives in a different universe. He lets his doubts in, again recognizing that this is a cold world. And he admits that he was wrong to even consider love.

He gives up before even giving it serious consideration. He doesn’t approach the girl; he doesn’t make a gesture; he declines the possibility of mutual feelings.