i've had a life
i've had my strife
i've had a wife
actually 2
for me
that just might do

i've lived
i've died
i've gived
i've lied
but always, always
what can i says
i've tried

yet
i can relate it all
to nothing
stanin' tall
takin' the fall
ain't no big thing
just a song to sing

no things
no memories
does my memory
brings
small things & bigs
i just digs
havin' a life
fun & life's strife's

beats the alternatives
that is
i don't get to live's
or give's

i've let it go
been a no show
but i learned to grow
i've let it pass
i don't know
it's just the past

Today
i am who i am
god damn
it's the only thing
to sing
fly like a bird
on a wing
rememberin' the song that i heard

those memories
those sorrows
temporary
tomorrows

i've had a life
filled with stife
of my own do'in
filled with my un-do'in

so i write
poetry
can you see
be it wrong or write
i just write

i seek the phrases
i seek the rhyme
i seek the time
do forget the hazes
i been thru
i be true
to my Self
'cause there ain't
no body else
who's had my life
filled with love
filled with strife
built upon all of the above

my life's what it be
it bites
it burns
my heart it churns
but i learn
to be
who i be
see

i've had a life
full of strife
full of pain
sometimes insane

but in the main

i've lived
& i've gived
i earned
& i learned

i've had a life