Man Up

every other nite i'm 
alone
                                                                   even when i write 
myheart
                                                                   selects the words to 
the poem
                                                                 my moms tell me,i'm 
acting
                                                                 like my pops when i 
didn't even
                                                                 know him. 
                                                                 my feelings throw rays 
                                                                 of affections. and i 
just show em
                                                               who knows i can be right, 
and you 
                                                              you can be wrong. well 
i'mma let 
                                                                you know that i'm moving 
on
                                                                and in the future we 
both will come
                                                               to find out what it 
beholds.
Copyright © | Year Posted 2005

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