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YOU START OUT FINE ON YOUR FIRST DAY
MOMMY GAVE YOU LIFE IT'S YOUR FIRST BREATH,
THEN SOMEONE LIFTS YOU UP REAL REAL HIGH
TALKING ABOUT TRUST SEE THAT'S YOUR 1ST TEST.
HOURS LATER, GOT BREATHING DOWN, AND YA FEEL GOOD
THEN LIQUID AND PLASTIC IN YA MOUTH YA MISUNDERSTOOD,
THINKIN' YOU WERE BAD YOU SOON ARE IN THE HOOD
LAYIN' DOWN SOMETHING ELSE IN YA MOUTH LIKE WOOD.
IT'S MOMMY, SMILING, SAYING “SWEETHEART EAT YOUR FOOD”
WHILE DADDY'S SAYING “SHE DON'T WANT IT YA BEING RUDE”,
YOU HEAR FUSSIN' AND LEARN HOW TO HAVE AN ATTITUDE
AND ON TOP OF THAT TASTE OF WOOD LEARN TO BE SHREWD.
NOW YOU'RE FOUR AS YOU'VE GOTTEN A LITTLE OLDER
YOU WALK, RUN, SAY A FEW WORDS, GOTTEN A LITTLE BOLDER,
YOU'RE INTRODUCED TO ARMY MEN SO YOU PLAY SOLDIER
MOMMY ASK YOU SOMETHING SHE GETS THE COLD SHOULDER.
NOW YOU'RE TEN AND FIND OUT THAT SOMETHINGS MISSING
NOT BEING LIFTED HIGH AND NOT MUCH HUGS AND KISSING
SO YOU FEEL LOW LIKE A SNAKE AND START YOUR HISSING
OTHERS OUTSIDE HOME SHOW LOVE BUT YOU'RE RESISTING.
MANIPULATIVE WAYS YA PICK UP BUT NO ONE YOU'RE FOOLIN'
NOT HOME NOR CHURCH NOT AT SCHOOL GETTIN' YA SCHOOLIN'
YOUR FOLKS GET A CALL FROM SCHOOL THAT SEZ YA BULLYING
YOU SAY “NAW, JUST JOKING, JUST BEING A NERD, A GILLIGAN.
YOU SOON GRADUATE, A TEENAGER, NO MORE FAIRYTALES
ITS TIME TO FLY TO THE MALL WITH FRIENDS AND CATCH SALES
PEER PRESSURE, YA CAUGHT STEALING, NOW YA KNOW JAILS
YOUR FOLKS GET YOU OUT, GO HIKING, HIKE MANY TRAILS.
THEY BEGIN TELLING YOU ALL ABOUT OUTDOOR LIFE
HOW CREATURES GET ALONG WITH OTHERS LIKE MAN & WIFE
AND THAT ALL LIFE HAS TO DEAL WITH STRESS OR STRIFE
AND EVEN THE PRESSURE TO SURVIVE CAN CUT LIKE A KNIFE.
YOU'VE LEARNED A HECK OF A LOT ON THAT ONE WEEKEND
IT'S THE FIRST TIME THAT YOU MADE NATURE YA FRIEND
SO YOU ASK YOUR FOLKS “CAN WE DO THIS AGAIN AND AGAIN”
THEY TELL YOU “GOD WILLING” AS YOU ALL ROUND THE BEND.
(GRANDPA AND GRANDMA JOIN UP ON THE NEXT VACATION)
THIS TIME YOU TRAVEL TO THE STATUE OF LIBERTY
WHICH REMINDS US THAT FREEDOMS WE HOLD AREN'T FREE
THAT IT TAKES MORE THAN A VILLAGE WITH YOU AND ME
LIKE M.L.K., HARRIET TUBMAN, ENTREPENUER SARAH LEE
IT TAKES GRANDPARENTS, PARENTS, THE WHOLE COMMUNITY.
GOD HAS THE WHOLE WIDE WORLD IN HIS HANDS....
--BlakMista--
