5/17/2023 0 Comments Common retrospect for life![]() ![]() ![]() The lyrics show that Common believed that abortion was morally wrong and thought that he was responsible for taking the life of his child when his partner terminated her pregnancy. The song "Retrospect for Life" by Common and Lauryn Hill is essentially about the ethical dilemma of abortion, and both artists take turns to detail their personal feelings and judgments regarding the process. Ohhhohh I, never dreamed, you'd leave in summer You said you would be here when, it rained Ohh I, never dreamed you'd leave in summer So quit smokin the weed and the beadies and let's have this boy You say your period hasn't came, and lately I've been sleepy I had a book of Afrikan names, case our minds changed Though his death was at our greed, with no one else to blame Not have a judge tellin me how and when to raise my seed So I can, discipline my son with my writin If you had decided to have it the situation I wouldn't run from We gotta see eye to eye, about family, before we can become one I wouldn't chose any other to mother my understandingīut I want our Parenthood to come from Planning It's too many black women that can say they mothers Thinkin we all in love cause we can spend a day together Girl I want you in my life cause you have made it better Or is it that we don't trust each other enoughĪnd believe, havin this child'll make us have to stay together Is this unprotected love or safe to say it's lustīustin, more than the sweat in somebody you trust Happy deep down but not joyed enough to have itīut even that's a lie in less than two weeks, we was back at it Through our trials and tribulations, child's eliminationĪn integration of thoughts I feel about the situation You had our child in you, I probably never feel what you feltīut you dealt with it like the strong black woman you are Seeing you as a present and a gift in itself You said you would be here when it rained I'ma use self control instead of birth control To think my homies who did it I used to joke about, from now on Must have really thought I was God to take the life of my son Nerve I got to talk about them niggaz with a gun Weekend visits and buyin J's ain't gon' make me a fatherįor a while bearing a child is somethin I never wanted to doįor me to live forever I can only do that through you I don't want to, go through the drama of havin a baby's momma Plus I wanted you to be raised within a family Havin a child shouldn't have to bring out the man in me I'm sorry for takin your first breath, first step, and first cryīut I wasn't prepared mentally nor financially To someone, my life for you I woulda had to leave You would've been much more than a mouth to feedīut someone, I woulda fed this information I read I look into mother's stomach, wonder if you are a boy or a girlīut she and I agree, a seed we don't need The start of somethin, I'm not ready to bring into the world Subconciously knowin the act I was a part of Knowin you the best part of life, do I have the right to take yours ![]()
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