Living With The Unknown Devil
Growing up I didn't have much to call my own
Bounced around from place to place, hotel to hotel
Barely have any food to eat
But I had a family; that was all I needed
Time goes by as I seem to fly
Sister born 2002; Brother born 2006
Times you think was full of bliss
Has now turned into burning hell's of a tender kiss
"Kiya you're adopted," the words my mother said to me
My whole world change and the man I knew as my father was no longer there
I grew up and with growing up I started developing early
Then 7th grade hit and that's when the lovely innocent child everyone knew had died
From the years of 7th grade to my junior year of high school
I've been through and seen things no child should ever endure
Mother thinking that I wanted her man meaning I wanted sex
My own mother thought that, yet she didn't want to believe he was
The touching, the rubbing, the molesting, the guns,the detailed letters, the last physical fight...
Yes I'm a victim to it all, blaming myself like his family did
Still to this day I feel it is all because of me
But I stand here strong fighting this fight
I was living with the devil and he can't knock a child of God
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