Goodenough Mashego In my Defense Lyrics:
in my defence
(chapter one)
in my defence against the court of society's morals
i today plead innocent to all the crimes i'm charged
see i was born black in an apartheid country
my mother & my father had me out the wedlock
my father never stayed he took the next flight out
to a yonder far away from my fantasies
i never dreamt of the man 'ven when i had nightmares
never screamed his name once 'ven when under the gun
i started gulping alcohol @ the age of nine
during the two week vigil after my granddad's death
i wasn't stressed i just did it cuz my uncles were drunks
i never asked to be born black in a racist country
i came out dark and plump never had role models
my mother wasn't here she was chasing the elusive rand
though had love for me her actions defied logic
talk is cheap faith sans actions is a dead fish
we grew up seven in the family breaking dry bread & tea
all leftovers from a hebrew family dinner
biltong we ate six months after its expiry date
valued schooling was forever reading my books
art & writing became my haven i escaped myself
wonder why am i accused of finally being myself
in my defence i never meant to father lesego out of wedlock
that i disliked my father must have made me do it
that i grew up without love made me swear to grow it
make my daughter choke from my hugs
tried to find a woman i could make a wife
broke parents were out to enterprise out of love
couldn't pay no dowry 'ven if it was my bail
i remain a liberal believe 'the best things in life are free'
sistas stressed my brothers & friends took their lives
i swore never to be caught dead with a she
though it don't mean i dislike the bearer of my princess
[ Find more Lyrics on http://mp3lyrics.org/Y1Q ]i love women with caution 'til my casket drops
was raised religious to us money was root of evil
wonder why today across the nation i'm on a chase for the root
the hustle & me share the same DNA
we remain inseparable like religion & church
on lonely hotels & long hauls you find me running alone
gulping liquor getting drunk passing out in filled bathtubs
waking up torso frozen after two bad dreams
my drive is still the greenery people don't eat love
the best way to attract my hate try standing on my figures
my cash stacking right this year my sweat tastes like honey
can afford a moment to smoke reconnect with mother nature
i never meant to do crime though was forever on my mind
my fascination for colour chromes saw me losing my path
i was born to be good though i often lost the plot
i saw fear on my mother's eyes & swore shall fear shit no more
i witnessed her scared of a man who shared his fears with her
never intended to hate men but i hated the love
my heart is tormented i seen a lot on my short life
buried family & friends jotted odes for them all
foresaw turbulent times ahead HIV is on the mash
i seldom smile what's the point when everyone is dying
in my defence there ain't no court with authority over me
fuck the police, the judge, the prosecutor & the president
fuck the whole cabinet they can eat a dick
toss a mil' finger to people out to judge how i act
i'm the son of a creator who made ya all
if you can't love me forget your claim to love your god
you wasting your time every sunday chill & watch a blue movie
hypocrites put a scale to judge my every utterance
while they act what i write under the cover of darkness
they plunge seven year olds later apologise blame the devil
give that muthafucka a break you give him more credit
'he who has no sin let him cast the first stone'
i never stole from anyone since i turned thirteen
know nothing about the tactics of raping a she
never robbed, never lied unless it was to get sex
never casted a spell though witches tried me daily
i stayed protected by cherubs don't act blind
in your exploits you can vouch that the lord is my sheperd
'thy rod & thy stuff thy comfort me'
in my defence my only crime was to be born intelligent
the only crime i ever did was to say things you can't utter
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Lyrics: In my Defense, Goodenough Mashego [end]