My choice (deditcated to tha hatered aganist me)

He say'z she say'z i don't understand
i don't kno how to love or live
i kno not how to be a man
but he/she never chose my choice
never spoke my voice
i did can n' will love
i'm strong n' defensive
but still sweet n' sensetive like a dove
i saw 2 path's of "choices" from Nikki Giovanni
one waz a million time'z walked on n' tha other clean
but i ignored both n' swam up tha strongest stream
by holdin' my dreams it would seem
that i've done all this with my own hand
n' yes father i am a man