ONLY A CHILD
HOW DO YOU THINK IT MAKES ME FEEL?
WHEN YOU'RE TOUCHING ME AND RUBBING ME IN PLACES THAT SHOULDN'T BE REVEALED
HOW AND WHY DID IT HAVE TO BE ME
WHEN IN FACT BEHIND BARS AND PRISON IS WHERE YOU NEED TO BE
WRITING POETRY HELPS ME LEARN
MY RESPECT AND DIGNITY YOU'LL NEVER EARN
YOU WERE OLDER AND YES YOU KNOW
I WAS TOO YOUNG TO BE TOUCHED FROM GET- GO
OH WHEN OH WHEN WILL THIS SHIT END?
WITH MY LIFE STORY I DON'T KNOW WHERE TO BEGIN
I'M AN ADULT NOW AND YES IT'S HARD
THOSE MEN SHOULD'T HAVE CAME NEAR ME FROM THE START
I'M ALL GROWN WITH KIDS OF MY OWN
I JUST WISH I CAN PROTECT THEM UNTIL THEY'RE GROWN
WHEN YOU LOOK IN THE MIRROR AND SMILE
JUST REMEMBER I WAS ONLY A CHILD!!!!
WHEN YOU'RE TOUCHING ME AND RUBBING ME IN PLACES THAT SHOULDN'T BE REVEALED
HOW AND WHY DID IT HAVE TO BE ME
WHEN IN FACT BEHIND BARS AND PRISON IS WHERE YOU NEED TO BE
WRITING POETRY HELPS ME LEARN
MY RESPECT AND DIGNITY YOU'LL NEVER EARN
YOU WERE OLDER AND YES YOU KNOW
I WAS TOO YOUNG TO BE TOUCHED FROM GET- GO
OH WHEN OH WHEN WILL THIS SHIT END?
WITH MY LIFE STORY I DON'T KNOW WHERE TO BEGIN
I'M AN ADULT NOW AND YES IT'S HARD
THOSE MEN SHOULD'T HAVE CAME NEAR ME FROM THE START
I'M ALL GROWN WITH KIDS OF MY OWN
I JUST WISH I CAN PROTECT THEM UNTIL THEY'RE GROWN
WHEN YOU LOOK IN THE MIRROR AND SMILE
JUST REMEMBER I WAS ONLY A CHILD!!!!
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