performed by Divalicious Candi (a.k.a. Candice Ann Moraga)

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Once upon a time there was a girl
In her early years she had to learn

How to grow up living in a war that she called home
Never know just where to turn for shelter from the storm

Hurt me to see the pain across my brother’s face
Every time my father’s fist would put him in his place

Hearing all the yelling I would cry up in my room
Hoping it would be over soon

Bruises fade father, but the pain remains the same
And I still remember how you kept me so afraid

Strength is my mother for all the love she gave
Every morning that I wake I look back at yesterday

And I’m OK

I often wonder why I’ve carried all this guilt
When it’s you that helped me put up all these walls I’ve built

Shadows stir at night through a crack in the door
The echo of a broken child screaming “please, no more”

Daddy, don’t you understand the damage you have done?
To you- it’s not even a memory, but for me it still lives on

Bruises fade father, but the pain remains the same
And I still remember how you kept me so, so afraid

Strength is my mother for all the love she gave
Every morning that I wake I look back at yesterday

It’s not so easy to forget
All the marks you left along my neck

When I was thrown onto the kitchen floor
And every day afraid to come home

In fear of what might happen next

Bruises fade father but the pain remains the same
And I still remember how you kept me so afraid

Strength is my mother for all the love you gave
Every morning that I wake I look back at yesterday

And I’m OK

I’m OK