My Ma

My ma, she used to tell me:

You can go there,

You can do that,

But when you're in my house;

You can't be like that.

Believe like that.

See like that.

Dream like that.

I was just a young girl,

Dreaming of a day when

Imma rule the world.

There wasn't much for me

To do in a home controlled

By one you knew.

You aren't the only one here

To see the real just as clear

I wanted just one thing.

I never got it.

Never sougt it.

Never bought it as I grew up

I knew the rest wasn't fiar

From the way you treated me

Treated me. Treated me.

Can't believe you needed me...

Don't be like that

She said

Can't dream like that

She cried

Don't see like that

She whined

Can't believe like that

She lied.

Oh but I did.

I grasped the edge and pulled above

See for once I was not unloved.

Won't be like that, I swear.

I'll let my children free themselves.

To be themselves.

Love themselves.

I'll guide them on,

To be the one for them

No matter what goes wrong.

See:

My ma, she used to tell me:

You can go there,

You can do that,

But where you're with me

You have to be like me.

See the world like me.

Do the things I do, or

You won't be my kid no more.

No more.

You can't be like that.

Believe like that.

See like that.

Dream like that.

Needed me. She treated me,

Needed me. She lied to me,

Needed me. She betrayed me...

Didn't need me.

Just used me.

My image of her that I had:

Is no longer there.

Isn't that sad?

Go on.

Dream like ... be like ... see like ...

Believe like ... I will go on.

I only need myself.

And no one else.