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I’m also including a new song I wrote for any woman whoโ€™s been in an abusive relationship. This is for you. You deserve better.

It was summertime in 2015. I was about three months into what would become a seven-year relationship with my girlfriend. We werenโ€™t struggling, but we were making it work for the kids in us. One day, I had just come home with dinner for everyone: pizza and Hot Cheetos. I told everyone, โ€œGet dressed, weโ€™re going to the beach.โ€ As we got on the freeway, my girlfriend, Smiley, turned to her kids and said, โ€œOkay, look if I happen to go to jail or something happens, who do yโ€™all want to stay with? Your grandma or your stepdad, Crow?โ€ Without hesitation, both kids yelled, โ€œCrow!โ€ My girlfriendโ€™s face froze in shock. She asked, โ€œWhy Crow?โ€ They both thought for a moment and then answered, โ€œWell Mom, with Grandma weโ€™ll only have certain things. But with Crow, weโ€™ll have everything we want and then some. Iโ€™m not gonna lie, I was on the verge of tears. I had never felt more powerful, more strong as a man. But most of all, I felt like a father.

P.S. ย I’m also including a new song I wrote for any woman whoโ€™s been in an abusive relationship. This is for you. You deserve better. Please give feedback!

R&B by: Gerald
โ€œJust for Yo Touchโ€

Verse 1:
Is this where you really wanna be?
I can tell by your eyesย 

just for yo touch
Is he all that you really see?
Girl, thereโ€™s love in disguiseย 

just for yo touch
And I would never, ever hit you.
I would show you how to be with me,
So letโ€™s take our timeย 

just for yo touch.

Bridge:
The fights, the pain, the screams
Are something you would never see.
Not in this life.
Just for yo touch.
And I would never betray you, trick you, or deceive you into believing lies.
What your goals are, mine are too.
[Break into Chorus]
Just for yo touch.

Verse 2:
Take your time, girl
You can breathe again.
Girl, youโ€™re so damn fine,ย 

just for yo touch.
Let me show you how to believe again.
Let me blow your mind,ย 

just for yo touch.
And I would never give you a ring without meaning.
So letโ€™s take our time,ย 

just for yo touch.

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