| You know, there's some things in life you just gotta live with, man |
| You know what I'm sayin'? |
| Some choices that we make you just gotta live with, you know? |
| Some of those choices still haunt me though |
| Let me explain |
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| Ayo, I laid there for a while |
| That was the first chance that I had to speak to my aborted child |
| He said "I don't like the way that you did my mother |
| Why did I have to suffer because you didn't love her? |
| Must've had it confused from how you kissed and hugged her |
| Me and your other son will always be distant brothers |
| I don't got love for you anymore |
| See, I loved my life, what you ruined it for? |
| How could you get rid of me when you knew I was yours? |
| For something that I had nothing to do with at all |
| So what if momma was a whore, and she wasn't your wife |
| Why would you fuck her raw if she wasn't your type? |
| Now I gotta suffer for mamma mistakes |
| She was a black girl lost, so can I get a break? |
| Now you can judge my mother, but don't judge me |
| How could you love my brother but don't love me?" |
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| (To my aborted child) |
| How could you not consider yourself a deadbeat? |
| You took care of one child and never fed me |
| (To my aborted child) |
| How could you not consider yourself a loser? |
| It's 'cause of you I ain't got no future |
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| I was just a few days shy of my 19th birthday when I heard the words " |
| You're pregnant" |
| I figured that this meant I needed to decide if I wanted to become a mother, |
| not realizing that I already was |
| I chose abortion because well-meaning loved ones encouraged it or offered no |
| alternatives |
| I didn't think that I would be able to finish college |
| I was ashamed to be pregnant outside of marriage |
| It was so easy to believe the lies that what would be removed was simply a |
| piece of tissue, that by having it removed I could easily go on with my life, |
| never looking back |
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