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i slept next to a mother
who kept a gun on her bed at night
with the bullet on the headboard
and a six year old on the other side
she wasn't any less
than others as alone as she
she was afraid like we are
when we feel as if we only have ourselves
and others to protect
i couldn't leave, i couldn't leave
the gun wasn't near her bed anymore
and neither was i
i was forced out by a new member
that i felt i'd only seen a few times before
and i couldn't sleep without her there
so i fell asleep on the couch
where the tv could be my companion
but i woke to the man telling me to leave
i went back to my room
i couldn't sleep, i couldn't sleep
the rock became my chair
i sat waiting for the bus
hoping she wouldn't be there
that she wouldn't go to school
i stood no chance against her
without my grandmother beside me
but i saw her coming down the street
i wasn't scared and i stood defiant
and when her knuckles struck my ear
i had no fear, i had no fear
eating reece's cups and rescuing the princess
on my 6th year birthday gift
a friend comes and says this is what friends do
what you do to me, i'll do to you
he went first but it wasn't at all
like how my other friends play
it must be something the older kids do
he was more than twice my age, he would know
my cousin saw and ran for help while i lay stripped of clothes
i didn't know, i didn't know
some boy was in my seat and i didn't want him there
he had called me names before
he started the push and i gave it back
got a punch in the mouth, in return
in return i threw him back
bloodied his nose before i was pulled away
i got a high five from my dad
when i got suspended from the bus
my mom just got mad
but i wasn't sad, i wasn't sad
who kept a gun on her bed at night
with the bullet on the headboard
and a six year old on the other side
she wasn't any less
than others as alone as she
she was afraid like we are
when we feel as if we only have ourselves
and others to protect
i couldn't leave, i couldn't leave
the gun wasn't near her bed anymore
and neither was i
i was forced out by a new member
that i felt i'd only seen a few times before
and i couldn't sleep without her there
so i fell asleep on the couch
where the tv could be my companion
but i woke to the man telling me to leave
i went back to my room
i couldn't sleep, i couldn't sleep
the rock became my chair
i sat waiting for the bus
hoping she wouldn't be there
that she wouldn't go to school
i stood no chance against her
without my grandmother beside me
but i saw her coming down the street
i wasn't scared and i stood defiant
and when her knuckles struck my ear
i had no fear, i had no fear
eating reece's cups and rescuing the princess
on my 6th year birthday gift
a friend comes and says this is what friends do
what you do to me, i'll do to you
he went first but it wasn't at all
like how my other friends play
it must be something the older kids do
he was more than twice my age, he would know
my cousin saw and ran for help while i lay stripped of clothes
i didn't know, i didn't know
some boy was in my seat and i didn't want him there
he had called me names before
he started the push and i gave it back
got a punch in the mouth, in return
in return i threw him back
bloodied his nose before i was pulled away
i got a high five from my dad
when i got suspended from the bus
my mom just got mad
but i wasn't sad, i wasn't sad