3 Years

SEE I WAS RESTING AT THE PARK MINDING MY OWN BUSINESS AS I KICK UP THE TREBLE TONE ON MY RADIO TAPE PLAYER BOX, RIGHT JUST LOUD ENOUGH SO FOLKS COULD HEAR IT'S HYPE, SEE? OUTTA NOWHERE COMES THE WOMAN I'M DATING INVESTIGATION MAYBE SHE WAS DEMONSTRAT

Lord I've really been real stressed Down and out, losin ground Although I am black and proud Problems got me pessimistic Brothers and sisters keep messin up Why does it have to be so damn tuff? I don't know where I can go To let these ghosts out of m

Here, have a dollar, in fact no brotherman here, have two Two dollars means a snack for me, but it means a big deal to you Be strong, serve God only, know that if you do, beautiful heaven awaits That's the poem I wrote for the first time I saw a man