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Since that Wednesday in 1981,
my mother, she was all alone
when she brought me into this world full of pain
that's been trying to take me back ever since.
As disease inflamed my brain and spine,
I was just a boy in my grandmama's arms.
Said I think you'd better get him baptized
he looks like he's cheating Father Time...


For my angels above,
and my devils below.
For the holy ghost,
with me everywhere I go.

Of course I had to bury heroes and friends,
growing up meant letting go.
Funny how it took about ten years
for my heart to finally say so.
Guessed my fate, guessed I would go the same,
always one foot in the grave.
Now as I look into the eyes of my son,
I wonder how I will explain.

I was so much younger then,
but now my hair is grey.
I always wore my daddy's name with such pride,
I just never knew how to say it.
So I guess this just my little way of saying thanks(thank you)
Know my children will carry on
with their own demons and their own saints.

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from Born Posthumously, released September 17, 2013
recorded 19 August 2013, Queens, NY
engineered, mixed, & mastered by Adam Wozniak
produced by Brian William Foster
lyrics, music, guitars, vocals, and percussion by Brian William Foster

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