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I am alone, you say?
Its by choice I’m single, by the way
Not that I’m keeping men at bay
And who says you are not alone?
You keep rolling your eyes
When a ring I ain’t wearing you realize
With gossip, your jeering you finalize
But who says you are not alone?
Who says you ain’t alone?
When he’s out with the boys
And your company is the toys
Are you saying you are not alone?
Who says you ain’t alone?
When he’s working double shifts
And you can’t even remember his zits
Are you saying you are not alone?
Who says you ain’t alone?
When he’s out with his mistress
And your best friend is the bottles to distress
Are you saying you are not alone?
Who says you ain’t alone?
When he prefers his mama’s mash and chicken
And you are with your cold casserole that does sicken
Are you saying you are not alone?
Who says you ain’t alone?
When he’s not in your bed and you all alone
And your sleeping partner is the phone
Are you saying you are not alone?
Who says you ain’t alone?
When not sleeping home is now a course
And you are worrying next will be a divorce
Are you saying you are not alone?
Who says you ain’t alone?
When for him you changed and stopped your life for
And you’d hoped with time he would change to the core
Are you saying you are not alone?
Who says you ain’t alone?
When you have become his puppet to groove
And with the snap of his fingers he can make you move
Are you saying you are not alone?
Who says you ain’t alone?
When all the romantic love notions are fading to a dim
And you can’t remember why you are with him
Are you saying you are not alone?
You see …
I can pay my own bills
I can buy my own groceries
I can treat myself to a spa
I can kill the spider above my bed
I can stay out and buy my own drink
Because I have my life
You see …
I am not afraid to be alone
I am not afraid to be happy on my own
I am not afraid to take my time and place
I am not afraid to create my queendom
I am not afraid of my future
As I’m living my life
You see …
It takes more than diamonds to move me
It takes more than money to groove me
It takes more than empty words to love me
It takes more than bare promises to prove me
It takes more than cars to get me going
Since I already have me
You see …
I am the sunshine of my existence
I am the stars shining with life
I am a river full of love and joy
I am a mountain high with laughter
I am a poet and a surprise
For I am whole
You see …
He will compliment me not complete me
He will touch my soul not fill my soul
He will bring me music not make me music
He will support visions I explore not create them
He will be my partner not make me whole
But only when the Almighty and Mother Nature say its time, for I am already whole
Inspired by Jill Scott and India Arie
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