Strength of a Nation Vol. 1

Track: 12
Title: Misery
Artist: PO (feat. Rodney of Po Boy Entertainment)

Depression
Seems to me to be a yearning obsession
Constantly thinking about my trouble and my agony
A rough life through the mud is dragging me
Every since my childhood as far as I remember
I was treated like an outcasted family member
The switching up residence used to confuse me
And my step daddy used to abuse me
Wondered if anybody else felt what I felt
Mouth stuffed with dirty socks and tied down with a belt
To think about it makes me want to cry
Only 7 years old already want to die
Extension cords cutting through the wind it’s like whispers cry
From God as I lay there and watch my body blister
Scared to turn on my side cause my cuts were deep
So I lay flat on my back and cry myself to sleep
But what really made it worse through on the trauma was
I ain’t never had a clue to where my mama was
I’d reminisce on my history
And it’s all full of misery

Chorus
All this misery for you and me
All this agony that’s constantly stressing me
Misery for you and me
All this agony is constantly stressing me

Mmisery for you and me
All this agony that’s constantly stressing me
Misery for you and me
All this agony is constantly stressing me

Sometimes I wonder how I made it to 22
And survived all the torment that I’ve been through
Never wild as a child, didn’t rant and rave
And I still got beaten like I was a slave
Was this love is what I often used to ask myself
And if so did this happen to everybody else
Was I bad seed, did I come with a bad plan
Or was my step dad really just a mad man
Who was I to reconcile how could I complain
When I had 2 little brothers going through the same thing
As they got chastised I’d be listening
As I’d get whipped with alcohol on my rippin skin
On my knees at night I used to pray and ask God
How could you let a man hit a child so hard
My memories are killing me
Cause there all full of misery

Chorus

Was it meant for me to live in total despair
With trials and tribulations I’m afraid to bare
Could this be what has me living as a wild hood
The tragic secrets that I keep from my childhood
Can I please see heaven after all the hell I caught
Cause misery got me having suicidal thoughts
Would I feel better if my people started to cherish me
Or do I simple need to go and get some therapy
But I praise the Lord cause I’m no more alone
I got my Mom back in my life and 4 kids of my own
And regardless of how they act or what they do
They will never go through what I’ve been through
Now there’s moral to the story that I’m trying to give
The only way to see what’s waiting for you is to live
I thank God for giving me
No more misery

Chorus

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