STRONG AND CONFIDENT IS WHAT I USE TO BE
THEN, I FELL IN LOVE WITH YOU AND LOST ALL OF ME
YOUR LOVE COST ME A LOT OF PAIN
BLACK EYES, BROKEN BONES, GUILT, AND SHAME
IT WASN'T ALWAYS THAT WAY YOU SEE
IN THE BEGINNING WE WERE AS HAPPY AS WE COULD BE
YOU WAS MY SHINNING STAR, MY HOPES, AND DREAMS
WE WERE WHAT, EVERYONE CONSIDERED THE WINNING TEAM
I REMEMBER WALKING DOWN THE AISLE
HOLDING HANDS AND EXCHANGING VOWS
YOU PUT A GOLD RING ON MY HAND
AND, AT THAT MOMENT I THOUGHT LIFE WAS GRAND
SOON THINGS BEGAN TO CHANGE
I WAS LIVING IN A HOUSE FULL OF PAIN
I LOST MY FAMILY AND FRIENDS FOR YOU
AS I CONTINUED TO BE ABUSED
NEVER DID I THINK THIS WOULD BE ME
A VICTIM OF DOMESTIC VIOLENCE LIKE THOSE ON T.V.
I LEARNED RACE, SEX, AND PREFENCES DON'T MATTER
OR WHETHER YOU VOTE REPUBLICAN OR DEMONCRATIC
I WENT TO COLLEGE, I HAVE A DEGREE
I'M SMART WHY IS THIS HAPPENING TO ME
I STARTED TO THINK IT WAS ALL MY FAULT
CAUSE ALL I WANTED WAS THE ARGUMENTS, FIGHTS, AND BEATING TO STOP
AT NIGHT I WOULD WATCH YOU SLEEP
TRYING TO DECIDE SHOULD I LEAVE AND CREEP CREEP
HOWEVER, I COULDN'T LEAVE WHILE YOU WERE THERE
I THOUGHT BRAVE BUT HAD LOTS OF FEARS
WHO WOULD HELP ME WHO WOULD CARE
WOULD I BE DOOMED TO THIS LIFE OF DISPAIR
I WENT TO A GROUP AND MET SOME FOLKS
WHO ALSO BEEN BEAT DOWN AND SPRITUALLY BROKE
DOMESTIC VIOLENCE CAN'T BE STEROTYPED
TO BLACKS, ASIANS, HISPANICS, OR WHITES
I LEARN THAT IT IS HAPPENING EVERYWHERE
YOU CAN START OFF WITH CONFIDENCE AND END IN DISPAIR
BUT STILL, LOVING ME BY HITTING ME ISN'T FAIR
I WANT MY PEOM TO TOUCH ONE OF YOU
IN HOPES IN HEALING OR STOPPING THE CYCLE OF ABUSE
NEVER THINK FOR A MINUTE THAT THIS CAN'T HAPPEN TO YOU
DON'T BE IGNORANCE, DON'T BE A FOOL
CAUSE I USE TO BE ONE WHO SAID THAT TOO
NEVER EVEN HAD A CLUE
EVEN WHEN I WAS BEATEN BLACK AND BLUE
TODAY I'M A SURVIVOR OF DOMESTIC VIOLENCE
JUST LIKE THOSE FOLKS I WATCVHED ON TV
MY MIND IS OPEN TO A LOT OF THINGS
EVERYTHING IS NOT AS IT ALWAYS SEEMS
SILENCE EQUALS DEATH IN A LOT OF DOMESTIC VIOLENCE CASES
FROM COUNTIRES TO CITIES, TO REGIONAL PLACES
I COULD NOT LEAVE WITHOUT LEAVING A SPACE
IF YOU ARE EVER IN NEED CALL 1-800-799-SAFE
THE VIOLENT CRIME CONTROL AND LAW ENFORCEMENT ACT OF 1994
IS A MEASURE TO ENSURE DOMESTIC VIOLENCE HAPPENS NO MORE
SO DO YOUR PART AND TAKE A STAND
AND LETS CREATE A DV WORLD WIDE BAND
THEN, I FELL IN LOVE WITH YOU AND LOST ALL OF ME
YOUR LOVE COST ME A LOT OF PAIN
BLACK EYES, BROKEN BONES, GUILT, AND SHAME
IT WASN'T ALWAYS THAT WAY YOU SEE
IN THE BEGINNING WE WERE AS HAPPY AS WE COULD BE
YOU WAS MY SHINNING STAR, MY HOPES, AND DREAMS
WE WERE WHAT, EVERYONE CONSIDERED THE WINNING TEAM
I REMEMBER WALKING DOWN THE AISLE
HOLDING HANDS AND EXCHANGING VOWS
YOU PUT A GOLD RING ON MY HAND
AND, AT THAT MOMENT I THOUGHT LIFE WAS GRAND
SOON THINGS BEGAN TO CHANGE
I WAS LIVING IN A HOUSE FULL OF PAIN
I LOST MY FAMILY AND FRIENDS FOR YOU
AS I CONTINUED TO BE ABUSED
NEVER DID I THINK THIS WOULD BE ME
A VICTIM OF DOMESTIC VIOLENCE LIKE THOSE ON T.V.
I LEARNED RACE, SEX, AND PREFENCES DON'T MATTER
OR WHETHER YOU VOTE REPUBLICAN OR DEMONCRATIC
I WENT TO COLLEGE, I HAVE A DEGREE
I'M SMART WHY IS THIS HAPPENING TO ME
I STARTED TO THINK IT WAS ALL MY FAULT
CAUSE ALL I WANTED WAS THE ARGUMENTS, FIGHTS, AND BEATING TO STOP
AT NIGHT I WOULD WATCH YOU SLEEP
TRYING TO DECIDE SHOULD I LEAVE AND CREEP CREEP
HOWEVER, I COULDN'T LEAVE WHILE YOU WERE THERE
I THOUGHT BRAVE BUT HAD LOTS OF FEARS
WHO WOULD HELP ME WHO WOULD CARE
WOULD I BE DOOMED TO THIS LIFE OF DISPAIR
I WENT TO A GROUP AND MET SOME FOLKS
WHO ALSO BEEN BEAT DOWN AND SPRITUALLY BROKE
DOMESTIC VIOLENCE CAN'T BE STEROTYPED
TO BLACKS, ASIANS, HISPANICS, OR WHITES
I LEARN THAT IT IS HAPPENING EVERYWHERE
YOU CAN START OFF WITH CONFIDENCE AND END IN DISPAIR
BUT STILL, LOVING ME BY HITTING ME ISN'T FAIR
I WANT MY PEOM TO TOUCH ONE OF YOU
IN HOPES IN HEALING OR STOPPING THE CYCLE OF ABUSE
NEVER THINK FOR A MINUTE THAT THIS CAN'T HAPPEN TO YOU
DON'T BE IGNORANCE, DON'T BE A FOOL
CAUSE I USE TO BE ONE WHO SAID THAT TOO
NEVER EVEN HAD A CLUE
EVEN WHEN I WAS BEATEN BLACK AND BLUE
TODAY I'M A SURVIVOR OF DOMESTIC VIOLENCE
JUST LIKE THOSE FOLKS I WATCVHED ON TV
MY MIND IS OPEN TO A LOT OF THINGS
EVERYTHING IS NOT AS IT ALWAYS SEEMS
SILENCE EQUALS DEATH IN A LOT OF DOMESTIC VIOLENCE CASES
FROM COUNTIRES TO CITIES, TO REGIONAL PLACES
I COULD NOT LEAVE WITHOUT LEAVING A SPACE
IF YOU ARE EVER IN NEED CALL 1-800-799-SAFE
THE VIOLENT CRIME CONTROL AND LAW ENFORCEMENT ACT OF 1994
IS A MEASURE TO ENSURE DOMESTIC VIOLENCE HAPPENS NO MORE
SO DO YOUR PART AND TAKE A STAND
AND LETS CREATE A DV WORLD WIDE BAND
By: Florence B. Cornish, JD 2008
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