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I Left Home as a Boy

Lionel NtasanoMay 9, 2016

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I Left Home as a Boy

written by: Lionel Ntasano

@LNtasano

I left home as a boy
Came back as a man
I used to be quite coy
But now I am able to stand

I learned to show no pain and no mercy
Because this was my journey
By rod and lash I was punished
As the kid in me had painfully vanished

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