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I REMEMBER PAST TIMES WHEN I DIDN'T CARE

BACK IN THE DAY SINGING THROW YA HANDS IN THE AIR,

ALONG ABOUT THE TIME MY MOTHER SAID DO PREPARE

FOR AND ABOUT HATRED I'M BOUND TO FACE EVERYWHERE.

A YOUNGER MAN FASCINATED BY A PAIR OF NEW SHOES

WHILE IN THE SCHOOL YARD BULLY OR FOE I HAD TO CHOOSE,

BY TAKING A STAND FOR LOVE DETERMINED TO NEVER LOSE

MY HOPE HARDLY WAINED I WAS ON THE PATH WHERE JESUS RULES.

MOSTLY IT WAS DUE TO ACCEPTANCE OF COMMON SENSE

INCLUDING LOVING CHRIST AND NOT STRADDLING THE FENCE,

IT WAS HARDLY EASY AND THAT YA'LL WAS PRETTY EVIDENT

BUT I HELD MY OWN, AND MY LOVE THAT'S HEAVEN SENT.

TODAY, I CAN SAY I HAVE NO SPACE FOR ANY KIND OF HATE

I LONG AGO GOT STUCK IN IT THEN LETTING IT GO I COULDN'T WAIT,

BECAUSE JESUS HAS ROOM FOR ME AND HE'S AT THE PURLY GATE

NOW BELIEVE ME AS I TELL YOU ALL, “I GOTTA GO, A BETTER DATE”!

THOUGH LIKE A CHILD I'M STILL SITTIN' AND SPITTIN'

WITH NO APOLOGIES I TOLD SATAN GOOD RIDDENS

AND I DON'T NEED IT ANYMORE 'CAUSE I KEPT GETTIN' BITTEN

AND IT'S GLOVE DIDN'T FIT, YES IT COMPLETELY STOPPED FITTIN'.

I'M NOT ANGRY I'M NOT MAD, YOU SEE SATAN WAS NEVER MY DAD

MORE LIKE AN ENEMY THAT I WISH I NEVER EVER HAD,

I WAS SCRATCHING AND ITCHING OH YA'LL I HAD IT SO SO BAD

I KEPT IT SIMPLE CROSSED T'S DOTTED I'S, I'M FREE AND I'M GLAD!!

LASTLY, A MESSAGE FOR THE YOUTH TO ALWAYS REMEMBER TRUTH

CAN'T BE A STRANGER YOU KNEW IT BEFORE YA FIRST LOST TOOTH,

AS YOU'RE NOW UNDERNEATH HEAVEN YOUR FIRST HOUSE ROOF

SETTLE IN SETTLE DOWN, JESUS IS LOVE, NEED ANY MORE PROOF?

                                --BlakMista