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I took this thing called life

And worked that thing unseemly

I justified and qualified

With “Y’all I’m just trying to be me”

Now I look back

On all the stuff I was doing

I know that I can’t escape

Those unintentional acts of human

But I can express and analyze

The changes I have made

And ask GOD and you to overlook

The unnecessary dues paid

From back in the day

And way back when

I was both stupid and selfish

Now I won’t pretend

That I didn’t know

I was completely wrong

Like when I borrowed money

Knowing in my heart

It wasn’t a loan

Some called me off to the side

To speak in confidence

And when I blabbed their secrets

I’d add “That fool just don’t make sense”

Or I would use their fate

As fodder and barter

For me to instigate

Then caught by conscience

I’d go on a binge

So hard sometimes

My life unhinged

When feeling low

I tore others down

To make sure

My esteem was high and sound

I could go on and on

About the way I was livin’

But I have changed

And so I stop

And humbly ask to be forgiven