I was born with my hand in a fist
And my eyes shut tight
Any wonder that I cannot resist
Punching blindly, in a fight
First time I saw swans flying to the sun
I wanted to be one
Like every mother's son
When I saw my life had begun
I wanted to be someone
Like my brother
My one and only father
And like every mother's son
I was raised within a cause
With a purpose to fulfill
I was taught to defend what was mine
And instructed not to k**
My small mortal eyes can see eternity
In the clouds that dissolve and then regroup endlessly
Like every mother's son
When a man showed me how to use a gun
I wished I'd never needed one
Like my brother
My one and only father
And like every mother's son
Everything in domesticity
Assumes its role better than me
I'm a displaced person whose culture let me down
I raise my own daughters in a p**nographic town
Like every mother's son
I've lost some and some I've won
Now I'm waiting for a new dawn
Like my brother
My one and only father
And like every mother's son
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