The Underdog

In the poem, The Underdog, I think that The Coup is referring to "the underdog" as the working class, the day-in day-outers, the grinders. They are the ones that work the hardest and yet receive the fewest; they are the ones that had the least amount of privilege and ended up with the most amount of responsibilities. Webster's dictionary defines the word "underdog" as "A less powerful person or thing that struggles against a more powerful person or thing (such as a corporation)." The Coup expresses his love, his respect and his empathy in this poem for those he would consider the underdog. A line that had really struck me was one that went, "Coming home don't never seem to be a celebration/Bills they piled up on the coffee table like they're decorations" this really made me feel lucky for the times of relaxation I get to experience daily. In this line, the coup expresses how a hard worker cannot escape the stress he gets from being in the workplace, but it also haunts him in his home life. Going home is often looked at as a certain 'celebration' of accomplishing another day of work and finally being able to unwind, however that does not happen among those considered 'underdogs'. Instead, they attend to their many responsibilities and/or family duties, making it seem as if their home lives serve as a whole other job on top of the one(s) they already have.