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Hey Mama

  1. There once was a girl born in '73
  2. It was the lady who created me
  3. She had beautiful skin from her mixed nation
  4. But her father was a part of the stolen generation
  5. Her home's a house of horrors so she packed her bags and left
  6. She's 15 and tryna' to make it to the South West
  7. Some men pulled over and offered her a ride
  8. She said "yes please" and she hopped inside
  9. That was a mistake, they kept her for weeks
  10. Forced themselves upon her and ignored the shrieks
  11. Until the day that she managed to break free
  12. But she was sent home, where she just couldn't be
  13. She had the abortion and was labelled a whore
  14. Even though she just survived motherfucking war
  15. But she got out again, came to Margaret River
  16. And already her story had made you shiver
  17.  
  18. She found a great man, he was so connected with Earth
  19. They got married and at 16 Genny gave birth
  20. But the baby was born missing a chromosome
  21. The threads of his DNA were incorrectly sewn
  22. She looked after the baby, then she had another
  23. This time it was a girl who adored her brother
  24. But it was hard to be a teen with a disabled baby
  25. So they gave him away to a home where just maybe...
  26. He'd have a better life with much better facilities
  27. And not be judged because of his disibilaties
  28. So with one kid left Gen felt a hole in her heart
  29. That couldn't be filled, she was lonely and scarred
  30. So she did the only thing she knew how to do
  31. Ran away from her marriage, tore the family in two
  32. She then discovered drugs, first to pop then to smoke,
  33. And eventually inject, get sick and become broke
  34.  
  35. One time she had some E back in 1994
  36. Then she conceived me, and then shortly two more
  37. She bounced from man to man with no spaces inbetween
  38. Let her men discipline her children if you know what I mean
  39. By the time I was three I'd tried to run away
  40. But mom's boyfriend found me, I'll never forget that day
  41. I'd walked almost a mile trying to escape his property
  42. If only I'd got away I maybe could've avoided poverty
  43. When he found me he put me on the back of his bike
  44. Rode home, beat me, and now I tell this to my psych
  45. When mom left him she soon found a new mister
  46. He wasn't too great but he gave me a little sister
  47. He never let me see my dad for a year
  48. I was a paranoid child constantly in fear
  49. She later left that man and moved next door
  50. We were happy not knowing what was soon instore
  51.  
  52. Genevieve was nasty, she thought I was a brat,
  53. She told me I couldn't dance because I was too fat
  54. I was 7 years old, crying standing on the scales
  55. It became an eating disorder when I lived in New South Wales
  56. The next boyfriend gave mom 2 more children
  57. Although I knew from the start we was a real villain
  58. He made mom kick me out when I was only still young
  59. At 13 I was depressed, starving &highly strung
  60. My grandparents had me from '08 for 5 years
  61. Gave me a better life and wiped away my tears
  62. I still had issues, I drank and I smoked weed
  63. From the voices in my head I just wanted to be freed
  64. I stuck my fingers down my throat after everything I ate
  65. Dying for a sense of beauty I was trying to create
  66. But after therapists and doctors, tests and medication
  67. And finishing school, I had to leave that location
  68. So I came back to the West Coast to settle down
  69. And begin my adult life in my original hometown
  70.  
  71. Knowledge is power, so I got a business degree
  72. Then scored an intellectual job in optometry
  73. When I first saw my mom the difference was so huge
  74. She'd lost her weight and her soul, then lived in a refuge
  75. In two years I only saw her a handful of times
  76. She hung around dangerous people, surrounded by crime
  77. When we saw her she only ever looked worse and worse
  78. She lost her teeth and had no money in her purse
  79. Our hearts all broke when we saw our mother's smile
  80. At that point we were no longer in denial
  81. The woman's on meth, not too far off death
  82. We need to save my sisters before the drug is in their breath
  83. So my older sister came over and visited their house
  84. The girls had matted hair and wore a dirty blouse
  85. Elle offered to take the girls for a couple of weeks
  86. Mom said yes, she smiled from cheek to cheek
  87. I took them to the airport and we're not sending them back
  88. We won't let them grow up with a mom who smokes crack
  89.  
  90. So it seems quite harsh but it's what we need to do
  91. I don't want my baby sisters to ever be depressed too
  92. Because I've got the illness and the scars to prove it
  93. It runs in our family and I'm determined to lose it
  94. Now my sisters are together over East and I'm relieved
  95. Because now they have a much better chance to achieve
  96. Mom is a lost soul but she may find her way home
  97. If she ever reaches out for help I won't let her be alone
  98. Because I've seen it all and I'm going to break the chain
  99. I'm eliminating heartbreak and emotional pain
  100. My children will never be abused or unloved
  101. They'll never be on a diet and they'll never be judged
  102. If I'm not with their Dad I'll never speak ill of him
  103. My house will be warm and loving, not cold and grim
  104. And even after everything mom put us through
  105. It was only a reflection of what she'd lived through too
  106. So I don't hate you Gen, this won't be forever
  107. Once you're no longer sick we can all be together

By Anonymous

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