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Only Child Style

from Mike Support (album) by MikeAll

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"Let me explain only child style..."

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ONLY CHILD STYLE

CHORUS: “Let me explain only child style… I grew up to myself”

VERSE 1:
So what you know about growing up with no one but ur own shadow/
Forced to fight my own battles/
Matter fact I can count on no fingers those who had my back/
Yo my mother miscarried an older brother now add to that/

From day one little sis had a hole in her heart/
Till she left an early death put a hole in my heart/
In an instant my pop was distant we growing apart/
Tried to find the light but I couldn’t glow in the dark/

Other kids would judge me quick from the jump they’d be like he’s so self-centered/
Nah more like self-mentored/
Which was a symptom of an only child syndrome/
Life was no Full House sitcom lose some you win some /

But in the end I lost more than yall could ever gain/
Blowing in the wind looking for direction like a weather vane/
Praying to God every night for miracles that never came/
But I’m stronger now the only son so let it rain-

CHORUS:
VERSE 2:
Aiyo I know a thing or two about being the only youth/
It’s my roots so excuse my solitary moods/
So untrue to assume spoiled brat’s my disposition/
My parents then you diss em since they had that disciplining/

But they did lack more children no siblings to play with/
On the plus stimulus for Spud to be creative/
Made my own backstories playing G.I. Joe and Cobra/
Awkward Outsider bugged Convo like Coppola/

Eventually I’d open up but got stuck at playtime/
When my hands would try to hold toys of both my pal and mines/
Spoke my mind before considering its effect/
Not selfish but wrestled with ego centric intellect/

God bless my cousins Jason and Keidi/
My neighborhood siblings the village that raised me/
This is my life wouldn’t trade it for another/
Helped me discover not just blood makes a brother –

CHORUS:

VERSE 3:
My only brothers were from another mother but we looked out for each other/
The thought of life without them makes me shutter/
Utter loneliness will never exist as long as life consists/
As moments I’ll someday reminisce/

Twist of Family Ties has been undone by lies and accusations/
Blood thicker than water till they try manipulation/
Facing life with my circle although it remains small/
I know they’re by my side through the sunshine and rainfall/

But some days I wish I was surrounded by siblings/
But they’d say I’m lucky cause I don’t have to share things/
But they’re the lucky ones on the day when the phone rings/
And someone says your mom’s dying better go pack your things/

Sitting in a chair beside her hospital bed/
Head flooded with thoughts of despair and dread/
Wishing for a brother you could talk with a while/
That’s the darker side of only child style-

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from Mike Support (album), released November 1, 2015
Lyrics: Fenaxiz, Mikeraphone and Matrix Logic
Production: Matrix Logic

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MikeAll Toronto, Ontario

MikeAll (formerly known as Mikeraphone) is a Scarborough, Ontario native and Hip Hop educator. He has released three solo albums; "Mike Check" (2008), "Mike Support" (2015) and "Mike All" (2018). MikeAll's goal is to put the poet back into Rhythm And Poetry.
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