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Before I was born my mom had a family
In the Philippines slaving in a cigarette factory
Not even in high school, trying not to starve
In the jungles of the province, island life is hard!
Before I was born my dad had a family
In Detroit the capital of automobile factories
And Motown to Chicago ice cold and windy
Inherited the attitude ice cold and gritty
The 2 worlds collided, industrial and nature
Culturally divided, in a paradise with strangers
Who were poor, my dad was in the navy with the ticket
To the promised land of million’s big city and riches
Before I was born my parents had a family
In the Philippines where my older brother was actually
Left behind to the stay on the island in the storm
our family was torn Before I was even born
and I didn’t even know Till I was 5 years old,
my mom told me about a family I would never know
all I ever wanted was to see him and tell him I cared
I still don’t understand why they fkn left him there
How do you live with yourself? I often ask
But they refuse to believe the reality of the past
Like I was conceived to escape to a new a life
Running away selfish to a fresh roll of dice

I was a little boy with big dreams
Id stretch my imagination to the extremes
Lonely child exploring my senses
Entertaining myself the possibilities were endless
My mind helped keep me occupied.
While my parents would fight and push me to the side
Neglected in damaging ways, I would cry
These walls are too thin to hide the lies behind
Lock me in a dark room by myself
With no one around to comfort or to help
The silenced was loud and burned my ears
Being alone is my haven yet one of my worst fears
Was too mature for my age
Would sneak out often and disappear for days
My thoughts were complex
Id pretend like I didn’t know how to talk and was thoughtless
A mute who would draw chaos during story time
By myself in a corner, I had an absorbing mind
At times I was spoiled like no other
I had everything but all I wanted was my brother

A family tree full of bad blood and curses
I sometimes consider cutting it down if that would nurse it
killing off the bloodline permanently shred it
With me as the last member to finally end it

A sacrifice to the rid the world of another burden
But I forgive them, they did the best they could
They were already damaged..from their childhood.
No family is perfect, everyone's got skeletons
We can only hope our kids will have it better than us
So I gotta be the one to change the course of our history
Im gonna create a new legacy and lead this family to victory

I Thank God for the music, it saved my soul
Art helps me express and keeps me in control
To my brother and his family, I swear Im gonna save you
I think about selling out just so take you
Off the island of poverty and stop my moms addiction
To gambling and get my dads head out of the television
But its not about the money, it’s the courage that I need
To complete this mission please pray for me to succeed

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from Organic Anti​-​D​.​O​.​T​.​E., released June 23, 2015

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