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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! 
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Copyright © James Heath | Year Posted 2006

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