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Picture - KJ-52

She clutched her square phone with eyes that never held hope

And she about twelve yo but I really couldn't tell though

Her sleeves went past her elbows in when she pulled them low

They covered the cuts that ran back and forth like railroads

A short bow up in her hair that matched her shell toes

She stared at me in pale clothes she stood there froze

She said can I show you a picture in my cellphone

It's of my dad and ain't I seen him since he left home

But I ain't mad it's just my mom she feels all alone

And don't feel bad cause this is all we've ever came to know

This pic is my new school but I don't ever wants to go

Cause everyone thinks they too cool and I hate it so

I hide in my room and then I go and then I locks the door

I don't know what to do my mom she thinks she lost control

I wanna show you a little picture before I goes to roll

I said sure then she pulled it out slow saying

If I told you if I showed you

My pictures are all I can hold to

Would you see this picture

Would I know you could I hope you

See that my pictures are all I can hold to

She said if god loves me then why he make me face this

I think I'm ugly I wanna change it like a facelift

Then suddenly she went and took off her bracelets

Showed me the cuts up on wrists and where they made prints

Sometime I get mad don't know how to take this

She showed me a picture of her dad back in 86

We look alike all the way to how our face gets

I said your right and then I laughed but let me show this

If I told you if I showed you

My pictures are all I can hold to

Would you see this picture

Would I know you could I hope you

See that my pictures are all I can hold to

They say a picture's worth a thousand words that I'm sure of

But let me show you this very picture you ain't never heard of

Pulled out a book and she said well tell me what is that

There ain't no pictures in that book that's just a page that's black

I said this picture represents exactly where we at

We in the dark without a spark of hope that will last

I flipped the page she said that ain't a picture neither

That's just a blank page why don't you look a bit deeper

This represents the very place now that we can go

Its all based on this next page I goes to show

The next page is red you understanding this

Well that's the blood that Jesus shed so you can live

And you can exchange your old pictures right now for him

And you can trade it all in for what he's down to give

I put the pictures in her hands see it comes down to this

Which ones you holding on to yours or his

If I told you if I showed you

My pictures are all I can hold to

Would you see this picture

Would I know you could I hope you

See that my pictures are all I can hold to