"Happy Birthday" - A Powerful Message From a Post-Abortive Father
From a rapper named Flipsyde....
These lyrics speak truth.... Pass it on.
Happy Birthday...so make a wish
Verse 1:
Please accept my apologies, wonder what would have been
Would you've been a little angel or an angel of sin?
Tom-boy running around, hanging with all the guys.
Or a little tough boy with beautiful brown eyes?
I payed for the murder before they determined the sex
Choosing our life over your life meant your death
And you never got a chance to even open your eyes
Sometimes I wonder as a fetus if you faught for your life?
Would you have been a little genius in love with math?
Would you have played in your schoolclothes and made me mad?
Would you have been a little rapper like your papa da Piper?
Would you have made me quit smokin' by finding one of my lighters?
I wonder about your skintone and shape of your nose?
And the way you would have laughed and talked fast or slow?
Think about it every year, so I picked up a pen
Happy birthday, love you whoever you woulda been
Happy birthday...
Chorus:
All I thought was a dream (make a wish)
Was as real as it seemed (happy birthday)
All I thought was a dream (make a wish)
Was as real as it seemed
I made a mistake!
Verse 2:
I've got a millon excuses to why you died
Bet the people got their own reasons for homicide
Who's to say it woulda worked, and who's to say it wouldn't have?
I was young and strugglin' but old enough to be your dad
The fear of being a father has never disappeared
Pondering frequently while I'm zippin' on my beer
My vision of a family was artificial and fake
So when it came time to create I made a mistake
Now you've got a little brother maybe he's really you?
Maybe you really forgave us knowin' we was confused?
Maybe everytime that he smiles it's you proudly knowin' that your father's doin' the right thing now?
I never tell a woman what to do with her body
But if she don't love children then we can't party
Think about it every year, so I picked up a pen
Happy birthday, love you whoever you woulda been
Happy birthday...
Chorus:
All I thought was a dream (make a wish)
Was as real as it seemed (happy birthday)
All I thought was a dream (yeah, make a wish)
Was as real as it seemed
I made a mistake!
And from the heavens to the womb to the heavens again
From the endin' to the endin', never got to begin
Maybe one day we could meet face to face?
In a place without time and space
Happy birthday...
From the heavens to the womb to the heavens again
From the endin' to the endin', never got to begin
Maybe one day we could meet face to face?
In a place without time and space
Happy birthday...
Chorus:
All I thought was a dream (make a wish)
Was as real as it seemed (happy birthday)
All I thought was a dream (make a wish)
Was as real as it seemed
I made a mistake...!
[Thanks to Annie and Emily at After Abortion Blogspot for the heads up on this one. :) ]
Posted by mary at November 7, 2006 04:48 PM
Comments
I tried to forward this to a friend and she couldn't open it to here the tape. How can I get one to her. How can I even get a copy of this tape for myself. I have thought about doing some retreats and this might be helpful.
Dorie
Posted by: Dorie | November 9, 2006 10:14 PM
Hi Dorie,
Your friend may need a particular program to open this video...I'm not sure. You can purchase the video at iTunes.com for $1.99. Just do a search for "Happy Birthday, Flipsyde." If you don't already have an account with iTunes you will have to open one. It's very easy to do.
This video would be very powerful for retreats, youth groups, so many events.... Please let me know if I can be of any further service.
God bless you as you serve Him on behalf of those wounded by abortion.
In Him,
Mary
Posted by: Mary Comm | November 10, 2006 09:33 AM
This says everyting I have always felt after I had an abortion. Thank you so much for putting all the pain into something so beautiful. Happy Birthday little man. I miss you!
Posted by: brandy | November 14, 2006 12:01 PM
this song i introduced to my friend has helped her out alot, she's 16 and pregnant so i told her about this and she cried and decided that since she made the mistake that the baby shouldnt be punished fo it!, so thanks, this song has touched many peoples lives to help them out!
Posted by: Unknown | April 9, 2007 09:01 PM
i love this song it is very touching! i felt exactly like this when i got an abortion and i was 15 i love this song to death, people envy me bc i did that do u think that im a bad person??
Posted by: fishernet | April 10, 2007 08:26 PM
All i qot 2 say is damn!...Im just sayinq that ABORTIONS SHOUlD BE illEqAl!...No matter what age! No matter how much pain!..Its a stupid idea to get an abortion!...Me being 15 im saying this that whoever has the power to kill an innocent babie!...Then they have the power to be locked up in prison there whole life!....THATz HOMiCiDE!...I mean if your not ready to have a kid i understand but dont kill the babie just for your needs your the one who made the babie nOw take care of it!...or atleast if you cant give it up 4 adoption!..damn!....
Posted by: Hillarie | October 21, 2007 10:45 AM