.10 at night I
was given to the world with an explosion of light supply
Every air was surging to the arms of an
angel that made me take my first breath
I opened my eyes with my
face against his chest
Handed me to my parents to
finally be raised and protected
Be taught the ways of life and
how to be loved and respected
I was an only child, given all their attention
To intake all of their morals and let
their mold a new invention
While they were determined to overcom
pensate for what they were giving
By showing me and thanking
God that I was living
We were a family together
with no pieces missing
I walked in the shadow of what
they were teaching me
I was listening and they showed me
communication so that I could interact
Defend yourself with morals,
don't be the first to hit back
Being my examples, and being my role models, and bringing me from nothing,
from everything, to a toddler, now on the verge of childhood
Where everything is changing,
I have started going to a place where I can get an education
I'm reading and remembering my
ABCs, and seeing that these other
children don't act like me
I had a fear of death, and I saw older than my age,
and I'll be quiet for days, can feel the other children's pain
I was different than my surroundings,
with an intense passion and growth
Little did I know that the coming years would come to hold us,
scarred fists and lonely room, but the nightlight was always on
A little bit of assurance that would
hold me until the dawn
The circle of my life was a third
of the way complete
I pulled the covers over my head,
falling asleep to my heartbeat
I was born into a palace of love that brought
me up to life being alive and alone
Cause I was born into a palace of love that brought
me up to life being alive and alone
I was born into a palace of love that brought
me up to life being alive and alone
I was born into a palace of love that brought
me up to life being alive and alone
The morning lit up my room and
just poured me into that mirror
And that fuzzy image was
now fifty times clearer
I was beginning to take shape as a young
man who knew nothing about his fate
While a voice whispered in the day
Sixteen years since my first
taste of the oxygen
And life is all about being a comedian
While I walk the long corridor s look
ing at the gum on the floor
Hoping not to make eyesight for
those who are more mature
I'm insecure about girls,
they're not impressed with my tactics
Classmates laugh cause I was
sarcastic and overdramatic
Well, I possess a type of personality
And took things to the maximum and
took everything so gradually
Grades were not important,
authority was my jealous enemy
And who is dominant? I'm
having a selective memory
So far from where I started,
I stood at that ledge
Going through the open spaces
and the confines of my head
I had started walking backwards
just to find a different course
When I had learned the defini
tion of a difficult divorce
And the worst is yet to come,
but my direction had to be straightened
The wounded be healed,
but I had to rebuild with my paces
Slowly but surely,
the role model lost all its meaning
Showing matches,
replaced with yelling matches and screaming
Those eyes that were glued to
that high school floor
When I'm on bullet alert with my fist up,
looking for a war
I'm a self -declared orphan by
convenience and pain
And everything had lost value
from trust to my last name
The river's pulling me under by
dragging me on my arm
But I'm not used to swimming because
the water has always been calm
I went under with the
force of nature, but
God held my breath
When I came back on the sur face,
there was nothing left
I had to rebuild and look for
that lost piece of my soul
I had nowhere to start except
the first open road
I'm in search of the person I was,
but I had a higher purpose
Learn what there is to know
and walk barefoot in
God's churches
I went back to that mirror to
see how much I had changed
My childhood was gone so fast,
my younger face had left a stain
I speak as an adult with a desire to help
those who can't stand up on their own
I speak as an adult with a desire to help
those who can't stand up on their own
I speak as an adult with a desire to help
those who can't stand up on their own
I speak as an adult with a desire to help
those who can't stand up on their own
My feet have seen every mile
my eyes have seen every tree
I have drank from the streams and I have prayed on my knees
and I have read every book that was ever written
And teaching I have spoken every
form of understandable speech
I touched love so many times that I thought it would never
end and I believe life now died on the inside for my friends
My past is my future and soon the two will collide
making the time I shed my skin the very day
I de cide to break away from the journey, say goodbye to the peace,
break the pact with the pain and let my heart be released
And at this point I have lived enough for 50 lives and my
struggle has gone on longer than I had ever realized
And my parents have passed away
and my leg s are getting sore
I'm alone like when I was younger,
but I'm not afraid of the dark anymore.
The missing piece was always there
I just had to look harder,
but I'm reborn spiritually as I become a father
The love has brought me back
from that exploding moment
But now the tables have turned and it's me who owns
it and as of now me and the pain have an agreement
It will not touch my development,
or my son's existence
I have stoned the benefits of loss,
and made a choice to overcome
I stopped walking and found myself
in the place where I begun
Where I begun
Cause I have seen everything
and I have been every place
I have breathed in everybody,
I have worn every face
I have seen everything and
I have been every place
I have breathed in everybody,
I have worn every face
I have seen everything and
I have been every place
I have breathed in everybody,
I have worn every face
I have seen everything and
I have been every place
I have breathed in everybody,
I have worn every face
I have everything and I
have been everybody
And I have worn every face
I am now sitting here
waiting for my home town
A face comes before my eyes
I just wanna lay down
This is how I spend my day,
walking around in circles.
I can't find where I've been.
