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My Story

Jean Grae
Track 4 on Jeanius 

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My Story Lyrics

[Hook: Jean Grae]
See, when
The rain comes down
I know it’s falling for me
And only for me

And when
The pain comes around, there’s nowhere
Else I rather would be
I know what I’ve done (Please forgive me)

[Verse 3: Jean Grae]
I kept it bottled up. My parents found the pills
Screaming, “God what have you done?” Cried ‘til I snotted blood
Then got a gun. My temple ran quick though
From the thought, then the worst: I was caught in the same place
A year later. For me, that’s when hatred started

My faith martyred. I’ve dated the father of a father
Then I moved on. Years passed, the guilt’s
Worse and it builds ‘til your heart’s smashed
Then I miscarried. Twenty-two age, I was headed to
A breakdown, swallowed up some pills and I laid down

I was a failure at that too, bailed from
The rap then, but fate took me back in

“Sing” is a tattoo my fingers attached with. Twenty-seven
With three kids that I never met. What if I
Was Catholic? Wonder if they hate me, thinking how
Their mother could ever murder? Well take me, Hell
To the depths where the brimstone chokes me constantly
I am a monster, see. How could I possibly
Correspond with God when I gave the authority
To end their life?

But it’s never over, even if we have a child
They could have had a brother or a sister or both
I’m thinking about another life that almost got close
Praying that, in another time, we could have changed posts
If I could just reverse time, I would
I don’t know what I would do. Honestly, it’s not good
I’m sorry...

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July 2008
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