Love Poem: I Take Precedence
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Written by: Allan Terry

I Take Precedence

DID I
EXCLUDE YOU
DID I
MAKE YOU FOREIGN AND STRANGE
DID I
EVER MISUSE YOU
AND NEVER GIVE DEFINITION
TO WHAT I SAID
DID I EVER NEGLECT YOU
TURN MY BACK AND WALK AWAY
LISTEN TO WHAT I SAY
BABY DON'T YOU WALK AWAY

OVER INVOLVEMENT FROM OTHER PEOPLE
MAKES ME FEEL STRANGE
KEEP MY NAME OUT YOUR MOUTH
WHEN YOU MOMMA STARTS QUESTIONING THINGS
HALF OF A WHOLE
KEEPS US EQUAL
IT'S THE WAY WE DECIDED TO DO THINGS
WHEN YOUR FAMILY AND FRIENDS COME AROUND
PROMISE ME YOU WON'T CHANGE
DON'T INVOLVE YOUR SELF
IN OTHER PEOPLES STRUGGLE
AND GET ALL UP IN THERE AFFAIRS
TAKE SOME TIME TO THINK
THINGS OVER
SOMETIME I KNEW YOU WISH I WASN'T HERE
I'M YOUR BACKBONE BABY
YOUR MINE TOO
AND AINT SHAME TO SAY
I LOVE YOU
SAME IN FRONT
AND WITHOUT PEOPLE
DON'T NEED FOLK AROUND
CAUSE YA'LL KNOW I FEEL THAT WAY
DON'T UNDERMINE ME
WHEN IT COME TO SOMETHING ELSE
I SUPPORT YOUR EVERY ENDEAVOR
SOMETIMES I NEED
SOME SUPPORT MYSELF
AINT NOTHING WRONG
WITH THE WAY WE DO OUR THING
TREAT YOU LIKE A QUEEN
YOU TREAT ME LIKE A KING