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I REMEMBER PAST TIMES WHEN I DIDN'T CARE
BACK IN THE DAY SINGING THROW YA HANDS IN THE AIR,
ALONG ABOUT THE TIME MY MOTHER SAID DO PREPARE
FOR AND ABOUT HATRED I'M BOUND TO FACE EVERYWHERE.
A YOUNGER MAN FASCINATED BY A PAIR OF NEW SHOES
WHILE IN THE SCHOOL YARD BULLY OR FOE I HAD TO CHOOSE,
BY TAKING A STAND FOR LOVE DETERMINED TO NEVER LOSE
MY HOPE HARDLY WAINED I WAS ON THE PATH WHERE JESUS RULES.
MOSTLY IT WAS DUE TO ACCEPTANCE OF COMMON SENSE
INCLUDING LOVING CHRIST AND NOT STRADDLING THE FENCE,
IT WAS HARDLY EASY AND THAT YA'LL WAS PRETTY EVIDENT
BUT I HELD MY OWN, AND MY LOVE THAT'S HEAVEN SENT.
TODAY, I CAN SAY I HAVE NO SPACE FOR ANY KIND OF HATE
I LONG AGO GOT STUCK IN IT THEN LETTING IT GO I COULDN'T WAIT,
BECAUSE JESUS HAS ROOM FOR ME AND HE'S AT THE PURLY GATE
NOW BELIEVE ME AS I TELL YOU ALL, “I GOTTA GO, A BETTER DATEâ€!
THOUGH LIKE A CHILD I'M STILL SITTIN' AND SPITTIN'
WITH NO APOLOGIES I TOLD SATAN GOOD RIDDENS
AND I DON'T NEED IT ANYMORE 'CAUSE I KEPT GETTIN' BITTEN
AND IT'S GLOVE DIDN'T FIT, YES IT COMPLETELY STOPPED FITTIN'.
I'M NOT ANGRY I'M NOT MAD, YOU SEE SATAN WAS NEVER MY DAD
MORE LIKE AN ENEMY THAT I WISH I NEVER EVER HAD,
I WAS SCRATCHING AND ITCHING OH YA'LL I HAD IT SO SO BAD
I KEPT IT SIMPLE CROSSED T'S DOTTED I'S, I'M FREE AND I'M GLAD!!
LASTLY, A MESSAGE FOR THE YOUTH TO ALWAYS REMEMBER TRUTH
CAN'T BE A STRANGER YOU KNEW IT BEFORE YA FIRST LOST TOOTH,
AS YOU'RE NOW UNDERNEATH HEAVEN YOUR FIRST HOUSE ROOF
SETTLE IN SETTLE DOWN, JESUS IS LOVE, NEED ANY MORE PROOF?
--BlakMista
