WHEN I WAS LITTLE WASN'T REALLY A BAD KID
COMIN' IN 2 SECONDS LATE WAS PROLLY THE
WORST THING THAT I DID
THEN IT WAS ON
"DAWN MARIA....!!!"
MADE ME WANNA RUN AWAY FROM HOME
CUZ WHEN YOU HEARD THAT MIDDLE NAME
IT WAS ABOUT TO BE SOME BROKEN BONES
TO THIS DAY I STILL ASK MYSELF
WHY WAS SHE SO ANGRY??
I MEAN...REALLY???
I'D RUN UP TO THE DOORWAY
WANNA OBEY...
BUT IT WAS THE WAY SHE LOOKED AT ME
THAT FIRE STARE...
IT WAS SCARIER THAN THE INEVITABLE BEATING
I WAS LIKE....
"U GON' HIT ME???"
"JUST GET IN HERE ALREADY!!!!"
FEAR PARALYZED ME...
COMMENCED THE HYPERVENTILATED, STUTTER ROUTINE...
B-B-B-U-T-T A-A-RE U G-GON' H-HIT ME???"
THEN SHE'D START TOWARDS ME
I'D BRACE THE DOORWAY
KNEW THERE WAS NO HOPE FOR ME
STILL I HUNG ON FOR THE LIFE OF ME
ALL THE LITTLE BLACK FACES LAUGHIN' AT ME
"DANG, LOOK AT DAWN GETTIN' BEAT!!!"
WAS ALL THAT NECESSARY??
HOW U GONNA BE A FRIEND OF ME
AND LAUGH WHEN I'M GETTIN' BEAT???
U WRONG FOR THAT
SHEVONDA,
SHEENA,
NATOSHA,
KYRA,
ANTHONY...
U TOO ANDRE!!!
BUT SINCE I TURNED OUT GOOD
I ONLY THINK BACK & LAUGH AT HOW
SHE'D HAVE ME BY THE LEGS
LOOKIN' LIKE SUPERMAN
AIR BORN IN THE DOORWAY
AH, BEIN' PRIED OFF THAT 803*
THOSE WERE THE DAYS!!!
-dawn m frost

*803 was my apartment #