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IT IS FIVE O' CLOCK IN THE EVE AND THE TIME HAS COME FOR ME TO MOVE ON! I HAVE PACKED MY LIMITED BELONGINGS AND FEW ITEMS FROM MOM AND DAD'S PLACE AND I WILL BE OUT OF HERE BEFORE DAWN. I HAVE SAID MY GOODBYES AND HELD BACK TEARS THAT WANTED TO FLOW FROM MY EYES. THIS WAS HARDER THAN I THOUGHT, BUT I AM AN ADULT NOW SO, IT HAD TO BE DONE. IT IS ALL PART OF GROWING UP AND IT HAS JUST BEGUN. MAN, WHO WOULD HAVE THOUGHT THAT THE KNUCKLEHEAD AND CLOWN OF THE GROUP WOULD BE MOVING OUT & GETTING HIS VERY OWN PLACE. JUST GOES TO SHOW YOU THAT OUR GOD IS A LORD OF FAVOR, MERCY, AND GRACE! MY VERY OWN HAVEN, WHERE I CAN BE ME. EXPRESS ALL OF MY TASTES, LIKES, AND CREATIVITY! JUST ME, MYSELF, AND I; BUT ALSO, ALONG WITH DADDY-GOD, BY & BY! WHEN I'M IN MY OWN OASIS, WHAT SHALL I SAY AND WHAT SHALL I BE? LET ME TELL YOU MOST DEFINITELY. I AM A ONE-TICKET PERSON, FREE AS THE BREEZE. I GO WHERE I LIKE, AND I DO AS I PLEASE. WHEN I LOCK UP MY CRIB, I HAVE ALL OF THE KEYS. I'M LIVING ALONE, AND I LIKES IT! IF I WANT TO WATCH TV, THEN I STAY UP, AND I WATCH TV. I WATCH WHAT I WANT TO WATCH BECAUSE NOBODY IS THERE TO BOTHER ME. I COME HOME WHEN I WANT TO, AND WHEN I WALK IN THERE WILL BE NOBODY IN HERE YELLING AT ME, "WHERE THE HELL HAVE YOU BEEN?" I'M LIVING ALONE, AND I LIKES IT! FROM THE CLOTHES THAT I WEAR, AND TO THE CARS THAT I DRIVE. I BOUGHT THEM FOR MYSELF AND THAT IS NO JIVE. SO, IF I BUY SOMETHING ELSE, THEN PLEASE DO NOT BE SURPRISED. I'M LIVING ALONE, AND I LIKES IT! TO SAVE MONEY, I ALWAYS TRY TO SHOP AT A SALE. TO KEEP ME OUT DEBT, USING CASH, AND MY DEBIT CARD NEVER FAIL. AND IF YOU ASK ME, CAN YOU BORROW ANY ONE OF THEM, THEN I WILL TELL, "YOU ARE VERY SICK AND NOT FEELING WELL." I'M LIVING ALONE, AND I LIKES IT! WHEN YOU COME TO MY PLACE, UNLESS I ASK YOU FOR YOUR OPINION; THEN PLEASE; MAM AND/OR SIR, DO NOT CRITICIZE THIS OR THAT. THIS IS MY HOME AND THAT IS A FACT. AND IF YOU DO NOT LIKE IT, THEN LET ME SAY THIS WITHOUT DOUBT, "KEEP YOUR NEGATIVITY TO YOURSELF, AND PLEASE, GET OUT!" I'M LIVING ALONE, AND I LIKES IT! I SET MY MIND ON THINGS ABOVE, SO THAT DOING WITHOUT SEX WILL NOT BE A BIG DEAL. I WALK IN THE SPIRIT, SO THAT THE LUST OF THE FLESH, I WILL NOT FULFILL. I BRING MY BODY INTO SUBJECTION TO THE LORD'S WILL. I'M LIVING ALONE, AND I LIKES IT! I AM LIVING ALONE, BUT I AM NOT LONELY, AND THAT IS ALL RIGHT. ALMIGHTY GOD IS WITH ME DAY AND NIGHT. HE ALONE IS THE SOURCE OF MY PEACE AND ALL OF MY MIGHT. I'M LIVING ALONE, AND I LIKES IT!
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