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Two strangers
1969, that's when I arrived
Little farm in the country, I'm the youngest of five
Mom and dad was always fighting, they couldn't see eye to eye
My sister's joked, said it's cause she's short and he was 6'5
Sadly it's true, they just couldn't get along
But as far as I remember, he never do me no wrong
I don't know about my sisters, could they all say the same
All I know is I can't let my father's image bring pain
Mom and daddy split, she couldn't take it no more
She packed up all her shit, said she gon' file for divorce
We left the crib, my momma put her foot to the floor
I was just a kid, ain't know if I'd see daddy no more
By the time I was seven, we all moved out to the city
Southside, Minneap-, you know these trenches is gritty
Only white family on the block had to adapt to a change
Paranoid of my new surroundings, would they see me the same
By the time I'm in high school, I had friends of all races
I ain't care if they was white, black, Latino, or Asian
Always judged by they heart, never judged by they faces
Can't say the same about my sisters, hate to say it, they racist
See my father had died when I was 22
Sent me into depression, I ain't know what to do
So I started thinking back, tracing my memories
I guess I thought that somehow it would better me
That's when I realized, I never liked being touched
By my friends or by guys, it didn't matter to I
I was never sure why, I always struggled with trust
Then I thought maybe I was a child victim to lust
See I thought about my father, then I thought about my sisters
Then I thought about my mother and how we made them all victims
He would beat on my mother, take to his raping my sisters
Then the thought made me sick, what if I was his victim
See my whole life, I have always sang in the choirs
I even sang in my school, I always sang in the shower
I even sang in the band, I sang my soul would recoup
At 25, I went to South Africa with my church group
Started off as church business, I would manage the choir
Doing shows and concerts to the next church that would hire
Stayed with a friend in the ghetto, I was tired
Slowly over time, some new friends I would acquire
While I was there, I met a man, he stood about 5 foot 5
He was nervous around me, I saw the fear in his eyes
I always stayed around him, I wanted to be his friend
Started off as his friend, to fall in love we ain't planned
Two strangers
1973, that's when I came to be
A small child in a shack with no shoes on my feet
4th child of 6, it's 5 boys and a girl
At a young age, I knew that it's a lot of pain in this world
As I got older, had pent up anger inside
Always exploded in rage, my family never knew why
Did I have anger issues? Was I the problem child
I ain't know how to tell him that I was just traumatized
Grew up in South Africa during apartheid
Racial segregation, we suffered from hard times
Family was piss-poor in a colored community
I would do anything just to make sure my family eat
I remember me and my homies was playing a game in the street
A three-man game of cricket, I swear I couldn't be beat
When we saw a few policemen walking over to we
They killed my best friend for none, they left him laying at my feet
I started pacing in anger by what they did to my brother
Why can't we live in a world where we all love one another
Why them crackers always thinking that they above someone other
We need some reconciliation in this nation called mother
I remember when I was five, I was hungry and broke
Looking for a meal or some rand, I suppose
The man next door yelled out his door and he spoke
He offered me a meal and I thought it was a joke
Welcomed me in his home and set some food on the table
Sat and watched me eat, I ain't know his mind wasn't stable
After I finished eating, he grabbed me by my arms
As a child, I ain't really know what was just going on
As I got older, I started to understand
Every single day, I had been raped by that man
Offering me meals and disguising his plans
Stripped me of my pureness, I felt the devil's hands
See, my whole life, I have had a love for music
My voice was a tool, I released pain when I used it
Gathered up some friends and we would start a band
Gospel rap and R&B, that's when ambition began
Made us some music and we had put out an album
Started doing shows and I ain't talking about no Malcolm
Going gig to gig and then repeat the cycle
One of us had even opened up for Michael
While doing a show one night, I ran into a woman
Scared of her paleness, but no admitting to it
She stuck around with me, she wanted to be my friend
Started off as her friend, to fall in love, we ain't planned
Two strangers
As the time passed, the two became a couple
They would make it work, they'd get through all the trouble
Married in 2000, moved back to Minnesota
Had a couple of kids and watched them both grow older
Son was born in 02, he felt the weight of the earth
Grew up without no money, he putting his pain in a verse
Hustling through music, trying to make it out first
It was that or go to jail for the drugs being dispersed
Daughter born in 05, she was the polar opposite
Living the Disney life and trying to ignore the obvious
Also had a dream of music, that'd be pretty cool
Always went to show choir to pave the way through school
Two strangers
See if my mama never took that trip
I don't even think my father would reach 26
Cape Town, a dark place deep behind his beauty
It makes all our toughest hoods look all sweet and fruity
So who are we to say who struggled
Look around you nigga, everybody here has struggled
Everybody got they problems and they situations
Everybody got they feelings, got they aspirations
So before you start to judge the next man
Ask yourself, would I survive the shit he been in
Ask again, would I live 20 minutes in they skin
Pass the gin, cause we all survived our struggles nigga, bask it in

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