Marcus took off the watch. He looked at the polished chrome, then at the library where he was supposed to be finishing his thesis. He realized he wasn’t chasing a dream; he was chasing a shadow.
He didn't go back to class. Instead, he walked toward the campus career center, not to find a corporate internship, but to find a way out of the cycle. He was tired of being a "chi-town" cliché. As Syleena’s voice soared in his mind, Marcus finally stopped trying to look like the man he thought they wanted and started trying to be the man his mother thought she raised. AI responses may include mistakes. Learn more Kanye West - All Falls Down ft. Syleena Johnson
Suddenly, his phone buzzed. A notification from his bank: Account Overdrawn. Marcus took off the watch