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Thinking Like a Man

I sat down and asked
my self this
question
this question that
really got my
attention
This question that
made me wonder my
purpose
I'm I getting myself
into a fuss
For days and months
pass
now I am 20 years
I'm yet to confirm
my fears
for in the next 5 or
ten years
I will be a parent
and a father
My children will
need a true mother
I'm I setting the
right environment
a free environment
that will never
torment
a free environment
where my children
will call home
a free environment
with a woman my
children will call
mum
I'm I setting that
right environment?

Many mistakes I have
done in the past
still there is time
to shake off this
dust
All is not lost
for now I have
gathered wisdom
along
and as I write this
song
I seek forgiveness
from all I did wrong
for I have to set
that environment
a peaceful
environment that
will never torment
an environment where
my children will
call home.

I have met different
people
some being GIGO
(gabbage in gabbage
out)
some with the wisdom
to run a kingdom
I did my analysis
then did some
synthesis
I took the best
I accommodated the
worst
for I had to know
good and bad
I need to set that
environment
that right
environment that
will never torment
that right
environment my
children will call
home.

my continuity
is my dignity
seeing my own blood
grow
see their life flow
see them mature
like a rose flower
see them marry and
give birth
see them live a life
of great worth
so I have to set
that environmet
that will never
torment
an environment they
will call home.

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