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By Jack Joseph Smith

Maybe you remember the first time you saw a star, I know you remember something of your first piece of cloth Just because T wort tell somebody else what to do dosen"t mean that I’ am going to walk away Go traveling without money, whem:you are young Think after then, that anything has changed You dort Fox: who started this street or made this mountain path Your a native son Weather you like it or not

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Stars, cloth, unpaid travel, streets, and mountain paths make native belonging feel older than choice, something youth discovers only after trying to leave it.

The first star and first piece of cloth are paired like primal memories, linking wonder to survival and shelter. Refusing to tell others what to do is not withdrawal here; it is a pledge to remain present while still honoring freedom. Traveling without money and realizing nothing has changed leads to the hardest claim of all: street and mountain path were made before you, and being a native son is inescapable.

Claude

First star, first piece of cloth; just because he won't tell you what to do doesn't mean he'll walk away. Travel young without money; afterward, don't think anything changed. 'You're a native son / Weather you like it or not.'