M. Gentry - Something To Be Proud Of ( 2005 ). |
You see, dear brothers and sisters, ' There Actually Nothing Wrong With Pride When It Is Honestly Warranted And Valid '... but, indeed, it is An Extremely Great Stumbling Block - to all of those foolish ones who much later will still lay claim to it as actually their own!
Average Joe - " Speaking Up For The Little Ones ". |
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Something To Be Proud Of: Is A Warning Message For Those Who Will ( So Foolishly ) Take Credit For The Actions Of Their Own Far Better Ancestors....
There's a story that My Daddy tells Religiously;
Like clockwork, every time he sees an opening...
In a conversation about the way things used to be.
Well, I'd just roll my eyes and make a bee-line for the door;
But, I'd always wind up starry-eyed; cross-legged on the floor...
Hanging on to every word.
Man, the things I heard!
It was harder times; and longer days;
Five miles to school - uphill both ways -
We were cane switch raised; and dirt floor poor;
'Course that was back before the war....
Yeah, your uncle and I made quite a pair;
Flying F-15's through hostile air;
He went down... but, they missed me by a hair.
He'd always stop right there, and say:
" That's something to be proud of...
That's a life you can hang your hat on...
That's a chin held high; as the tears fall down;
A gut sucked in; a chest stuck out;
Like a small town flag a-flyin'...
Or, a newborn baby cryin'...
In the arms of the woman that you love;
That's something to be proud of! "
Son graduating college, that was mama's dream;
But, I was on my way to anywhere else, when I turned 18.
Cuz, when you gotta fast car, you think you've got everything...
I learned quick those GTO's don't run On Faith;
I ended up broken down in some town north of L.A.;
Working maximum hours for minimum wage.
Well, I fell in love... next thing, I know,
The babies came; the car got sold.
I sure do miss that old hot rod;
But, you sure save gas - in them foreign jobs.
Dad, I wonder, if I ever let you down...
If you're ashamed of how I turned out?
Well, he lowered his voice, then he raised his brow...
Said, lemme tell ya, right now:
" That's something to be proud of...
That's a life you can hang your hat on...
You don't need to make a million;
Just be thankful to be working.
If you're doing what you're able...
And, putting food there on the table...
And, providing for the family that you love;
That's something to be proud of! "
And, if all you ever really do is the best you can...
Well, you did it man!
" That's something to be proud of...
That's a life you can hang your hat on...
That's a chin held high; as the tears fall down;
A gut sucked in; a chest stuck out;
Like a small town flag a-flyin'...
Or, a newborn baby cryin'...
In the arms of the woman that you love;
That's something to be proud of! "
That's something to be proud of...
Yeah, that's something to be proud of!
That's something to be proud of...
Now, that's something to be proud of!
What is the meaning of: " Bye Bye American Pie "? |
And, as it goes with Individual People, so it goes with: Their Own Human Families, Those Increasingly Larger Communities, and ( even ) All Of Their Own Political Nations; as well....
So, why not ( just ): " Do Something To Be Proud Of " - before, it's quite honestly too late?
Malachi 3 & The Book Of Remembrance. |
After all, ' America Has Never Been That Promised Land '... for, All Of Those Very Real Children Of Israel!
Ahava and Shalom.
May Yahweh's Own: Love and Peace - be, continually, upon you!
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