“If Your Parents Are Poor, You Have to Work 10x Harder to Even Be Average”

Let’s be real…

If you were born into a struggling home, life didn’t just hand you lemons—

It handed you debt, expectations, and a generational curse to break.

You don’t get the luxury of dreaming freely.

You don’t get soft landings when you fail.

You work just to survive, not to live.

🔹 Someone else is saving to buy stocks.

🔹 You’re saving just to buy airtime.

And somehow… you’re still expected to “make it” before 30.

How? On what foundation? With what connections?

People say, “Hard work pays.” But when you start from the bottom,

you’re too tired from the climb to even see the top.

If you’re building from scratch—with no help, no backup, no rich uncle…

Just know you’re not lazy. You’re carrying more than most.

— Words by Lucky J