I want to live, just like you
It's the natural thing to do
At the moment of conception , I was given a new hope.
To pray that I'll be able to cope.
I want to live, just like you
It's the natural thing to do
To live my life of expectations and dreams
Not knowing whether or not I'll come into being.
I want to live. just like you
It's the natural thing to do
Your mother's choice was to let you live
The life of yours she wanted to give.
I want to live, just like you
It's the only natural thing to do
I have a heart that beats,now.
and Iook mom, I can breathe
But my lonely journey must come to end , I do concede.
I want to live, just like you
It's the only natural thing to do
You all talk about your choice to kill
What about my choice to live.
I want to live, just like you
It's the only natural thing to do
As I travel down this lonely road , all alone
No one to love me, or call me their very own.
I want to live, just like you
It's the only natural thing to do
I will never be wrapped in a colorful little blanket and carried home.
Or no one waiting with open arms
I want to live, just like you
It's the natural thing to do
I'm here sitting, waiting in your womb
Knowing I'm in danger awaiting my doom.
I want to live, just live you
It's the natural thing to do
You gave me a breath to breathe
A little heart that beats
But your choice to kill me, made it all incomplete
I want to live, just like you
It's the natural thing to do
Here I set waiting like a sheep at the slaughter
To be ripped, mangled and torn apart
I wonder even if my mother has a heart.
I want to live, just like you
It's the natural thing to do
I did not ask to be conceived, or brought into this world of hatred and shame
but your careless actions has brought me unnecessary pain.
I want to live, just like you
It's the natural thing to do.
-Benny Faye Douglass
