BORN BROKE, DIE RICH

By TONY PRO

They said you came into this world with nothing.

No silver spoon, no open doors, no name to lean on.

Just your bare hands, a stubborn will, and a mind full of dreams.

Born broke not just in money, but in opportunity, in access, in power.

You saw what it meant to struggle.

You watched your parents stretch pennies into meals,

your neighborhood echo with cries of hunger and hustle.

But that wasn’t your ending, it was your beginning.

You made pain your partner and turned adversity into your personal trainer.

You learned to fall and rise, fall and rise again and again.

Every loss became a lesson, every rejection a redirection.

You didn’t inherit wealth,

you built it from sweat, sacrifice, and sleepless nights.

Where others saw walls, you saw ladders.

Where others quit, you kept moving

not because it was easy,

but because the dream was louder than the doubt.

And now they look at you and ask, “How did you do it?”

They see the car, the house, the business, the brand.

But what they don’t see is the broke kid

who refused to believe that where he started was where he’d end.

You were born broke that was never your choice.

But to die rich?

That was your mission.

And you lived it.

Legacy over luxury. Purpose over pity. From broke to built. From nothing to everything.

Let the world know: You may be born broke

but if you dare to dream, grind, and grow,

you can die rich.