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    ABSOLUT 'N CRANBERRY (on da rocks)

    RONNIE MY MAN!
    how you be?
    hey,
    give my love 2 Jelly
    and the rest of your clan
    you're blessed
    you gotta know
    ain't 2 many folks got
    you and Jelly's flow

    Rochelle?
    my Belle?
    hell
    I gotta story 2
    tell
    and I don't wanna stop
    so,
    give me a double Absolut 'n Cranberry
    on da rocks

    by the way,
    this is my main man Rain
    nah, he can't shoot no pool
    but still,
    he kinda kool (Ha, Ha, Ha)
    but 4 real
    he's my Designated driver
    and I'm the Designated Fool

    As you know
    it started out swell
    ain't 2 many women in these parts
    fine as Rochelle
    and her spirit is, whatchu always say?
    viable
    that Lady's always in her
    Bible

    Man, you know
    I don't pretend
    a woman's gotta be hip 2 my situation
    if we're gonna be friends
    so, I told her what she needed 2 know
    and she said, thank you 4 being an honest man
    mind if we start real slow?

    I said, yeah that's kool
    by the way,
    gimme 5 dollars in quarters
    so Rain and Watcher can shoot some pool
    yeah right! I just hope they don't bet
    Watcher beat the bark off my Black A--S last time we played
    and it ain't grow back yet!

    So, as I was sayin
    Rochelle and I started out smooth
    a few calls here and there
    and then
    a regular groove
    even went 2 church with her
    from time 2 time
    lemme tell ya,
    her minister preach right fine

    after 2 months or so
    hey Bro
    the mind can't stop the flow
    if hearts want 2 grow
    she said I was unlike any man she'd ever met
    I thought to myself
    Baby, you ain't seen nothin yet!

    restaurant dates
    and each time we ended
    the nite was kinda late
    well, the groove increased in intensity
    until
    we ended up where grown folks be

    Man,
    for once instead of feelin
    Beneath the Underdog
    I felt on top
    by the way.
    refresh this double Absolut 'n Caranberry
    on da rocks

    yeah, so we fell
    into a rhythm
    I even went 2 her grandson's
    first baptism
    Happy Thanksgivings
    and, whew!...not 2 mention Christmas Eve
    man, laughin and makin whopee
    underneath
    the Christmas tree

    watching the season's change
    and kissing at the first hint of snow
    soaking up January moonlight
    on ski trips up at the Poconos

    I thought
    this is kinda swell
    I swar b'fo God Bro
    I felt like you must feel
    chillin with Jell
    after all the hits and misses
    she was sho nuff my kind
    an' between you and me
    didn't hurt that she was carrying that Apple Bottom behind

    but then,
    she started 2 fret
    asked why me and DeeDee wasn't
    divorced yet
    I told her she got the papers
    but until she get half of her equity
    she won't sign
    on the dotted line
    can't say I blame DeeDee
    she lookin out 4 herself
    but, Ronnie man, when Rochelle
    asked me that my heart felt
    like a glass fallin from the shelf

    look, you know how women's fellings
    tend 2 change
    but ain't nothing I can do about my situation
    nothin I can rearrange
    as you know
    my daughter's up at school
    so it's either finance her education
    or pay DeeDee off
    and I ain't that cruel

    children don't ask 2 be here
    and you know
    our one and only fear
    can't be like our daddy's
    with all due respect
    smiles
    in a marriage
    last 4 a while
    but a
    child
    you can't forget

    heck,
    Raising a child is like
    stacking building blocks
    and, the man in me
    won't ever let my little one drop
    yo, one more double Absolut 'n Cranberry
    on da rocks

    so, Rochelle and I
    had 2 part
    looking back Bro
    we was doomed from the start
    she being a child of God
    certain things can't be explained
    and my daughter's future
    I ain't gonna detain

    how do I feel?
    like all hurt
    it takes some time 2 heal
    what reality
    reveals
    but, overall
    I'm fine
    divorce is a crime
    and all hearts gotta
    do the time

    listen Bro
    I gotta go
    give my love 2 Jell
    it's a blessing from God
    y'all still doin' swell
    but, then again she a damn good woman
    and you a prince of a man
    folks like y'all always gonna be
    in the palm of God's hands

    so, I ain't gonna mope
    YO, BROTHER RAIN
    you ready 2 roll
    hope Watcher didn't leave ya broke

    yeah, you know the deal Ronnie
    all that matters in the end
    is the respect and love
    of family and close friends
    but..I swear sometimes it feel
    like I'm livin in Purgatory
    and constantly gettin frisked by angry cops
    hey, guess that's why I need
    double shots of Absolut 'n Cranberry
    on da rocks

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    • 20 December 2010
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