Collected Curios #2

I found this song and was moved by it. I couldn't find the lyrics anywhere, so I thought I'd make a transcript:

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Kalai - "I Am a Man"

(?) ...to my birth
Unaware of my worth
Benign and absurd
Silent and unlearned
I fell down to the earth
I was cursed and immersed
But I rose up from the dirt
Free

(chorus)
I am a man
In a no man's land
And a native son
Of my sovereign
And I'm forming a line
And I'm making a stand
And I will not comply
Or disperse or disband, child
Because I am a man

You can't take what I am originally
You can't bind and amend
The powers that be
Cuz I believe that I'm led
And I'm led to believe
That I was commended to be
Free

(chorus)

I'm free as a bird on a buffalo's back
Always ready to ride when I'm under attack
I was handed the truth now I'm faced with the facts
And I'm willing to fight for a living
So I'm forming a line
That's right, I'm making a stand
And I will not comply, disperse or disband
I may be a man in a no man's land
But I'm a native son of my sovereign
Oh yes I am a man

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Huh. This song reminds me of my dad.

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I need to read more; there are SO MANY BOOKS out there that demand my attention. Stacks, piles, scads, ganders of books, all waiting to influence my imagination and having to take a number. It's like my imagination is some kind of DMVish hell for literature.

I haven't been reading quite as much lately because I've been writing and drawing more. I guess that's not a bad trade-off, all things considered.

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I'm still struggling with some... feelings. I'm still trying to decide if these feelings are as simple as me being selfish, or just phase that will pass, or something natural and instinctual that is at odds with how modern society works. Or, perhaps, all three. I'm sure psychology, being the pseudo-science that it is, could argue for or against all three suppositions flawlessly.

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Having a fresh tattoo on my wrist makes it very difficult to pwn at computer games without a little bit of physical pain involved XD