u can bet

oh you can bet
i been fallin
all day crawlin
on all fours
used to laugh
now i'm bawlin
all of life seems like chores
'course when u came round
light was shinin
almost blindin
meaning seepin out my pores

but...
now ur gone
or i've left u
does it matter either way

i've changed my path
and u can bet
i know that
u might say
it's my own doin
i'm in ruin
but frankly, baby
that ain't true
and u know why
i gave u me
not just the parts u see
and u just made me cry

i was ur woman
cooked and fed u
loved in bed u know
i was fly
but u weren't no man
couldn't understand
why u did not even try
oh my my
now look at me
i thought i'd be lookin differently
with a bevy of women
all up swimmin
in my vision
every night
but it ain' t like that
just gettin fat
with ben and jerry's
oh so scary
once was married
now i'm single
eatin pringles
waitin for wrinkles
missin the twinkle
in my eye

and u out all night with different chickies
gettin hickeys
being a dickey
mind u mickey
i ain't ur minnie
but why it gotta be like this

this field ain't level
why the hell
we think it's ever gonna be
be it gd or devil why we revel
in ancient prophecy
this life ain't fair
but u know who cares?
noone dear
so feel the fear
and do it anyway

he's who he is
that's his biz
i'm choosin better with my kid
and tho i did
spend some time
without my rhyme
all day cryin
for joy to come
i now am smarter
for my daughter
has taught her mother
all the other
ways to see

so tho
i'm solo
and if life has caught u in it's net
don't get upset
don't get even --
well just a little,
within reason
but don't stop believin
in ur power
don't let his weaknesses devour
all the gifts that god has showered
try not to cower to stormy weather
better to know it's rainin
and resist compainin

yo yo yo
start trainin urself
reinin disappointment in
cos the thinness of his facade
so apparent
it's apparent
i'm the parent
and she gonna parrot
what i am

and all my peeps be cheerin
stop me fearin
that i never will find love again
but i gotta get on with livin
even tho he givin
me every reason to give in
tho now i'm like a baby
just beginnin
with my livin
in my own way
so i pray
for strength
and i pray for love
to come one day

but in the meantime
i got my rhymes
i got my girl
and in time we gonna rule the world
ain't no metaphor
thas what livin's for
not for settlin scores
or rubbin salt in sores
nah nah nah
livin's for
findin beauty
livin truely
creatin who we really are
and tho i thought i was fallin
i've really come so far

so join me sistas
feel me brothers
there ain't no other
way to be
'cept get free
get free
get free
c'mon and let's get free
either with ur partner
or independently

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[Kennymxc]

I'm a bit confused... You said, Riligion aint the answer... But yet you pray? Know though, that christianity is not a religion, it's a Relationship... for many people it's hard to believe that, but it is... Message me if you want to know more or have questions... No disrespect though

[puentez]

Hey! It's my bestest friend A-Tertes. Looks like you keep good company. Nice to throw it down with two lips the way suckas like me wished to throw it down with fists, miss.

[atertes]

Way to take us up and down with the light and heavy dose of playful and those words of what was broken and now's being fixed. There's heartbreak and hope in this rhyme, and the way of walking into one's place of strength. I keep smiling as I hear the complex rhyming and meaningful play.