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I knew this kid named Alberto, funny style cat |
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And his girl looked like a turtle |
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Not Lisa Turtle, just a turtle |
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High school track, he ran the hurdle |
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His peers shed tears senior year when he got murdered |
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Now Alberto was your average A student |
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Participated in class, never came late and never truant |
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His family was picture perfect |
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His older sister was prom queen |
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His dad a decorated vet from the Vietnam team |
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His mother was Dear Abby, an ordinary house wife |
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Like clockwork, always had dinner on the table at 5 |
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But Alberto had a monster he kept under his bed |
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Instead of letting it out he just got a girlfriend instead |
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She knew something was funny, she could tell by his behavior |
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Or the way he flamboyantly shook his hand |
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When he would wave to her |
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She thought nothing of it and just shoved it in the closet |
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Until the day that word dripped out like leaky faucet |
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Alberto was homosexual, I ain't have nothing against it |
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But little Ronnie Johnson and all his football player friends did |
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They'd always pick and nag, call him, "Fag" and such and such |
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And couldn't wait to get to gym so they could really bust his nuts |
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The gym teacher never cared |
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He'd just join in on the action, he'd make silly gestures |
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And compared him to Micheal Jackson |
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Alberto couldn't take it |
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He'd just stop showing up and whenever he walked them halls |
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He just felt like throwin' up |
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And night he would cry and cry and ask, "God why?" |
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Like, "God, why the fuck'd I have to be born this way?" |
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God would reply, "Son, you've gotta show 'em you're more than gay" |
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'Cause he had dreams to be a track star |
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Until that warm April night them gay jokes went way too far |
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Ronnie begged for his forgiveness and invited him to a party |
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'Cause his parents went away and left him plenty of Bacardi |
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Alberto kindly accepted, he was finally accepted |
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Except it was all deception and left them all unprotected |
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It was a plan, Ronnie had scammed to get him in the right place |
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Verbally degrade and rearrange his pretty face |
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The plan would go swiftly, they started calling him sissy |
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One punch turned into fifty, they beat him till he was dizzy |
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Now Alberto lie in blood while his peers look on in fear |
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He took his last breath and passed away his senior year |
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Needless to say it was one big tragedy |
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And how was ronnie gonna explain to his family |
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While they were on vacation taking in sights |
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He got wasted and killed a kid that night |
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Don't be a slave and behave the way they do |
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Just utilize the gifts that God gave you |
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Don't be a slave and behave the way they do |
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Just utilize the gifts that God gave you |
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Don't be a slave and behave the way they do |
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Just utilize the gifts that God gave you |
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Don't be a slave and behave the way they do |
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Just utilize the gifts that God gave you |
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I knew this girl named Maria, bright and talented |
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With aspirations to be a big superstar |
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What a great idea |
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Until she fell off and started to listening to her peers |
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Oh, dear |
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Now maria was your typical obnoxious |
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Analytical head strong rebel |
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Flippin' off the principal, single mother home structure |
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She looked after baby brother while mom worked two jobs |
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Just to buy supper |
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Pops was a struggling musician, troubled man |
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Juggling family and heroin addiction |
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He overdosed and left a notice of eviction |
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And a crate of records on the table in the kitchen |
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And a little angel with a keen sense of sound |
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Who saw silence in the records she found |
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And she would stay up late at night |
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Reciting songs to herself under pale moonlight |
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Righting wrongs that her pops made |
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Promised her mom she'd never go that same route |
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Turns out Carrie Anne had other plans |
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Her and her man Ronnie most popular |
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Second best to nobody |
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Homecoming queen versus ugly duckling |
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And the story ends the same way |
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Okay, Ronnie's parents went away for a couple of days |
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And told him, "No drinking" |
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What the fuck were they thinking? |
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Maria was oblivious that her boyfriend had already been invited |
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So when Carrie Anne asked she got all excited |
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Like, "Damn now I got something to look forward to" |
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Or so she thought, Maria kindly accepted |
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She was finally accepted, except it was all bullshit |
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Not pay attention |
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Carrie Anne hated Maria 'cause she could sing |
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So she scored a bag of heroin but the craziest thing was |
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Maria never touched drugs, she did that night |
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And when her man was getting beat she was nowhere in sight |
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Now her boyfriend lie in blood and she had no idea |
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Alberto passed away and she got hooked her senior year |
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Needless to say it was one one big tragedy |
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And I hate to break it but it doesn't end happily |
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A warm day in May, the sky was so beautiful |
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Carrie Anne died in a crash leaving the funeral |
