SAID I WUN GONE TELL NOBODY
HOW I GREW UP A BROKEN WINNER
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SAID I WUN GONE TELL NOBODY
THAT I SAW GREAT PAIN WITH MY OWN EYES
TASTED SOMEBODY ELSE'S LUST WITH MY TONGUE
AND IT WAS MY SMOTHERED HEART
THAT WOULD BE SEVERELY BENT AND UNDONE
SEEMED I HELPED THE FALLIN WITH NO SIGHT OF GROUND
HERE'S A CHILD'S LIFE THAT CLEARS THE MEANING
OF BEING CAUGHT WITH YOUR PANTS DOWN.

CLIMBING TREES AND PICKING FRUIT
WHILE OLD MEN AROUND ME CONTINUE THEIR WRETCHED LOOP
THE HUNTED, THE PREY, THE DESIRED, THE DEAD
THE SMELL OF SNUFF AND CHEWING TOBACCO MADE ME TURN MY HEAD.

SEDUCED AND REDUCED, TO THE SENSES OF FIVE
SAID I WUN GONE TELL NOBODY,
BUT I DON'T KNOW HOW I'VE STAYED ALIVE

THE YARD AND GARDENS WERE CONSTANT BATTLE GROUNDS
EVERYONE HAS THEIR HANDS ON ME
I AM THEIR MEAT, THE LION'S POUND
LOUD PAIN IN PLACES WHERE A CHILD'S PAIN SHOULDN'T BE

THE HERO SURVIVOR IS MY WARRIOR-SOUL
THAT CALCULATED EVERY OVERCOMING
KEPT REVEALING THE FAKEST GOLD
THAT SHINES SO BRIGHT
AND HEATS THE ICE THAT PENETRATES BODY AND SOUL

AT NIGHT, ATTEMPTS TO REST MY HEAD
AND DROWN IN RESTRICTED TEARS.
I REMEMBER ALL THE PAIN, MY WARRIOR NAME,
NEVER ALLOWED TO ACT AS A BEGINNER.
THIS IS HOW I GREW UP A BROKEN WINNER.

SAID I WUN GONE TELL NOBODY
THAT THE THORN WAS HEAVEN SENT
THE TRUTH OF LOVE WILL ALWAYS BE IN MY FUTURE
SO I'LL CONSECRATE THE NOW, WITH GOD'S CONSENT.

MY SOUL SURRENDERED IN TRUSTING THE FATHER
FOR IT'S HIS SON THAT SHOWED ME HOW
TO LET THEM CHOOSE YOU, ABUSE YOU, KILL YOU
AND LIKE DEMON ACTORS, GRACEFULLY BOW

SAID I WUN GONE TELL NOBODY
THAT MY SMILES ARE ALL ORDERED BY A LIE
WUN GONE TELL NOBODY THE SECRET OF MY LIFE
I WON'T KNOW TRUE LOVE TILL I DIE

THE ANCESTORS SANG MY LULLABY THEME, "WE ARE NOT BEGINNERS"
SAID I WUN GONE TELL NO BODY,
HOW I GREW UP A BROKEN WINNER.

HERE ON HOLY SPIRIT'S ALTAR
IT'S HARD TO BREATH, THE AIR IS THINNER
THE SACRIFICES THAT HE MADE,
THE REVERENCED JOURNEY THAT HE LAID
SHOWED MIRACLES COME THROUGH A BROKEN WINNER

SAID I WON GONE TELL NOBODY
BUT I COULDN'T KEEP IT TO MYSELF
MASTER PAIN AND SHAME HAS STILL GOT SLAVES
I'LL TELL TILL NO SLAVES ARE LEFT.

NOW YOU TELL SOMEBODY
CAUSE THAT SILENCE CAN PERPETUATE THE SINNER
TELL SOMEONE YOUR SECRET OF IF AND HOW
YOU GREW UP A BROKEN WINNER

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