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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