it's about 3 in the morning, and i can't sleep.
i've been up all night understanding what i can of lauryn hill and the subsequent ms. hill.
a youngster filled with talent and dreams turned off by the fame she sought, then made to look crazy when she rejected it.
an artist forced into the role of innovator, then criticized for her ideas;
be yourself, be original, but not too original, not too yourself.

maybe music just isn't meant to be sold?
everyday i feel closer and closer to that point.

she was simply too ahead of her time.
music and art should be for one's self first, above all else.
i feel this change happening, if not in the world, in me.

they call you a religious fanatic now;
too out there to function.
truth be told, you're only too out there for them to sell.
though you'll never read this,
i hope you can feel it enough you're in the right.
bravo, lauryn,
and thanks for the lesson, ms. hill...