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I Was Born In A Weigel's

from Forgotten Songs & American Dreams by Adeem the Artist

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I was born in a Weigel's in the middle of the store
While my daddy pumped gas, mom was pumping more
She squeezed me out in the middle of the store
and I did a little dance for the overnight cashier
She said, "Good morning. Oh lordy! There's an awful lot of fluid in here."

So, I looked down the aisle and I looked at my mother
And I grabbed a little jar of creamy peanut butter
I scooped it out with my tiny, wet hands
Balanced on a tower of pringles cans to reach the shelf all by myself
I was 32 seconds old

I was born in a Weigel's off Western avenue
I gummed a little brittle in the middle of the gas hospital
But I knew it'll be a little bitter to chew
And I was slamming milk silk and sweeter than my mama built
I was swaddled in a corn dog quilt underneath a W moon

Well, the years went by and I got a little higher
(plus, my height grew too)
and I never got tired
I was keener than the sheen of an Icee machine
Producing more power than gasoline
A wild little bean on a trampoline; a pre-teen Adeem

And I was married in a Weigel's and we skipped champagne
Had a fountain of milk 'cause we couldn't abstain
Bought a plot of land near the mountain range and put a little cabin in Strawberry Plains
Found ourselves a Weigel's parking lot
made a little spark 'till the car got hot
Let it erupt and sure enough we did the whole thing over again

I was born in a Weigel's off Western Avenue
I gummed a little brittle in the middle of the gas hospital
But I knew it'll be a little better to chew
And when the time came, I chewed it 'till I give myself a migraine
I didn't stutter- I love peanut butter
And another thing- I don't have another thing to say

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from Forgotten Songs & American Dreams, released May 3, 2019

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Adeem is a seventh-generation Carolinian, a makeshift poet, singer-songwriter, storyteller, and blue-collar Artist.

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