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I'M a Handful

''I'M A HANDFUL'' "OH MY GOD!", I WOKE UP SCREAMING MY BODY SOAKED IN SWEAT BOTH HANDS SHAKING...POUNDING, IN MY CHEST IN MY NIGHTMARE, THERE SHE WAS, SHOUTING OUT "I'M A HANDFUL" AS SHE HAS SO MANY TIMES, EXPRESSED WITH DEVILISH EYES AND ANGEL FACE AND SKIN AS DARK AS NIGHT SHE CAME TOWARD ME, WITH HER OUTSTRETCHED ARMS I KNEW I WAS IN TROUBLE, I'D BEEN PLAYING WITH THE DEVIL AND I'M OVERMATCHED AND CAN'T RESIST HER CHARMS I TOLD YOU I'M A HANDFUL, WHEN I MET YOU, SHE WAS SAYING I TOLD YOU I WAS WILD AND FULL OF GAME YOU KNEW THAT I WAS GHETTO FULL OF BABY DADDY DRAMA I'M A MAVERICK, NOT SOME PONY, YOU CAN TAME THIS AIN'T MY MESS, IT'S YOUR MESS MISTER COLLEGE EDUCATED YOUR EGO TOLD YOU, YOU COULD HANDLE ME I TOLD YOU FROM THE GET GO WHO I WAS AND WHAT I WAS IT AIN'T MY FAULT, WHAT YOU THOUGHT, I WOULD BE NOBODY PUT A GUN UP TO YOUR HEAD WHEN YOU APPROACHED ME YOU COULD'VE TURNED AND WALKED THE OTHER WAY BUT YOU WERE SURE YOUR "BOOK" SMARTS BEAT MY STREET SMARTS, DIDN'T YOU IT SEEMS TO ME, WE BOTH HAD GAME TO PLAY I SAW ME RUNNING, IN THIS NIGHTMARE RUNNING, IN THE DARK PRAYING, "LORD, I NEED A PLACE TO HIDE!" 'CAUSE SHE WAS FLOATING IN THE AIR AND CLOSING ON ME FAST, SAYING "COME ON BABY...DON'T YOU WANNA RIDE?" WHO ARE YOU TO JUDGE ME ON THE WAY I LIVE MY LIFE WHO ARE YOU TO SAY WHAT'S WRONG OR RIGHT PEOPLE LIVING IN GLASS HOUSES SHOULD NEVER PICK UP STONES JUDGMENTS COME BACK AT YOU, IN THE LIGHT WHERE WAS ALL YOUR JUDGMENT CAUGHT ALL UP BETWEEN MY LEGS SHARING IN MY PASSION AND MY HEAT JUDGING ME, 'CAUSE I GOT SKILLS AND YOU'RE INTIMIDATED I GUESS THAT'S WHAT THEY MEAN, BY, BITTERSWEET TOLD YOU I'M A HANDFUL, SHE SAID AS I CON TEM PLATED JUMPING FROM THE WINDOW, WHERE I STOOD CAUGHT BETWEEN THE FEAR AND LUST OF WHAT I KNEW SHE OFFERED LORD I HAD IT BAD...AND THAT AIN'T GOOD COME ON MISTER BIG SHOT, MISTER ALWAYS IN CONTROL THIS AIN'T MY MESS, SO WHAT'S IT GONNA BE THIS NIGHTMARE IS A WAKE UP CALL DON'T BE SO QUICK TO JUDGE OR YOU'LL BE MEETING...MORE HANDFULS, LIKE ME! ------------------------------------------------- Verify Address JAMES HEATH JR 313 OAK RD GLENSIDE, PA 19038 USA

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