Yeah, I remember when a rose was still a rose,
Before the quality of life became
THAT MUCH MORE CONTROLLING!
Before temptation and pleasure turned
Thirteen year old girls into mothers,
They were barely developed,
Their minds were underdeveloped and
They deserved it.
You remember it too, I know. Your virtues in life
Have not led you too far down
THAT ROAD OF PHANTOMS AND MADMEN!
You're still pure, in that you've enjoyed
The company of others instead of
Shooing them away.
They were worth less
But you compared them to more.
Yeah but that was so far long ago, too far, too far.
Before that one-way road was built,
THAT HIGHWAY TO HELL!
With people still treading on unforgiving grounds
And unforgiving pasture
Where we laid our loved ones
On the ground where the proverbial hell
Could easily reach them.
You've promised to bring me to your ol' stompin' grounds.
Why? So you can shoot me in the head
AND LEAVE ME THERE!
You'd never do that but someday
You hope someone will so
That finally my mouth will have shut
Your mind will have emptied,
And part of us will have died.
Yeah, we were all stuck like glue to that special man,
Before he turned around
TO SLAP US IN THE FACE!
Because we became so full of ambition
We wanted sh!t and
We wanted to get it for ourselves.
Not to be supported and in debt to
One goddamn man.
You know, in our time, we swallowed more Pepsi that pride,
We ate more hamburgers to soothe
SOMETHING UNKNOWN TO US!
In hopes that one day someone
Would throw TNT under our houses
To awaken us so that we could see
That we didn't always
Have game.
Yeah we sure have bypassed the meaning of life
As it was hurriedly swallowed along with
GREED, SELFISHNESS, AND HATE!
We'd rather have money than meaning.
We call too much attention to ourselves
And our things that
We turn to hate a lot more
Than loving self worth.
You see, a flower still blooms and after all these years,
It grew through this concrete that
POPULATES THE WORLD!
And growing up in the ghetto don't change our views
Because we have all seen our fair share of
Death and past lives
To sit through this one and knowing that a
Rose is still, a rose.
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