A Life

Momma, do u feel the pain as i'm travelin'

Thru the fields of your soul

Momma, please take my hand,

Help me 2 understand

Cuz, i'm afraid 2 face this life alone

People, faces everywhere

Everytime i turn i see another stop& stare

2 much, 2 soon, take a picture

Of the modern world

Televisionaries, hari-kari, quite contrary

U'd think the trials of life were scary

4 a boy growin' 2 a man,

Now watch my flag unfurl, good god,

The mirror on the wall shows a frightened man

The lessons i've learned could not explain

The meaning of love now sees thru puzzled eyes

No 1 could define the joy & the pain, i'm born again

I'd die 4 your love if u'd take me in

True life begins, as i embrace another miracle

I live 4 your love, til the day we die with no tears 2 cry,

I'll guide u thru fear & desire, oh

All i know, in the shadows of where i've been

All i know, no more cares if i lose or win now i know,

As i watch my children grow now i know,

I'm fulfilling my mother's soul all i know,

While the world is spinnin' around all i know,

& the hands of time r tickin' down now i know,

I look back 2 my days of youth

Now i know, i'm much older now, but i'm not yet thru

I'm still searchin' the keys of my life

The war's far from over inside

I died in your arms as your tears recite

Our pictured life, did i fulfill my prediction

Was it all i yearned 2 know, so long ago

If i had the chance 2 do it all again,

I wouldn't change a thing