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Those Were the Days
Those were the days, that was the time 
 time
 time of our lives
 time of my life
 Before I knew and better
 before I knew and worse
 before I experienced the curse of being diverse
 diverse
 diversity in the city,
 The city I've lived to represent
 The Hawks, Falcons, Thrashers, the Braves
 Braves
 Home of the Braves
 I once was brave
 I wasn't afraid to jump
 even if it meant falling 300 feet into a place I didn't know
 I call it the unknown
 Don't know a single thing
 I didn't have a single care
 didn't care, who cared what my thoughts were?
 Nothing really mattered
 Life was about fairy tales 
 that tell young kids 
 "Life's gonna be perfect"
 This hurts gonna be worth it
 Don't worry if you don't fit in now, cause in the end, the shoe fit the misfit. 
 So don't quit
 don't sit
 Life's too short for you to blend
 and every shot that you shoot
 you don't always win.
 When I was 3 foot 7, I saw the world with such theatrics
 I believed it velociraptors
 I believed in Hollywood actors
 I believed with everything
 come a happily ever afters.
 But I was silly to believe that wouldn't come with so disasters,
 It wouldn't come with the obstacles that eventually I would master.
 And sometimes maybe laughter is the answer to solving life's questions.
 Sometimes questioning reality questioning what you've been told 
 questioning what is known
 will build you to be bold,
 It will help you understand
 I admit I've needed a few hands
 to help me get to this land that now I can finally stand
 And look back at time
 the mountain that I chose to climb Those were the times
 Those were the days
 I know I can't go back
 but those moments I'll save til my grave.

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