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I didn’t have a mother; I had a mama. I measure other women by the stature of my mama.

Al Green

A collected poems’ is either a gravestone or a testimonial to survival.
AL GREEN

Collect Either Survival Testimonial
I’d never be able to see the shore.
AL GREEN

Able never See Shore
So that’s my little ministry that the Big Man upstairs gave to me – a little ministry called love and happiness.
AL GREEN

Big Gave Happiness Little Love Man Ministry Upstair
No child wants to fail. Everyone wants to succeed.
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Child Everyone Fail Succeed Want
Suicide is not an answer, it’s destruction.
AL GREEN

Answer Destruction Suicide
I started writing when I was about thirteen.
AL GREEN

Start Thirteen Write
Theres a lot of churches that hide their dirty laundry under the rug, and I know about that from being in the church 27 years. Oh, yeah.
AL GREEN

Being Church Dirty Hide Know Laundry Rug Under Year
Some people believe that fairness comes with obeying the rules. I’m one of those people.
AL GREEN

Believe Come Fairness People Rule Some
And I’ve also found people that won’t give you a piece of bread if you’re starving to death.
AL GREEN

Bread Death Found Give People Piece Starve
Pakistan’s being an ally and helping the United States, we ought to show
AL GREEN

Being Country Help Ought Show
GM is operating in an intensely competitive global environment and reaching this tentative agreement allows us to continue to build momentum in the market with the award-winning vehicles and components produced in Canada.
AL GREEN

Agreement Award Environment Global Market Reach Tentative Vehicle Win Winning
Pakistan that we are appreciative for the help that’s been extended.
AL GREEN

Appreciative Been Country Extend Help
Teach them to think, ‘I’m not stupid’. No child wants to fail. Everyone wants to succeed.
AL GREEN

Child Everyone Fall Stupid Succeed Teach Think Want
Uneasily the leaves fall at this season, forgetting what to do or where to go; the red amnesiacs of autumn drifting thru the graveyard forest.
AL GREEN

Autumn Fall Forget Go Graveyard Leave Red Season Time Uneasily Where
If I could live my life all over I’d do everything the same; the film in my camera would remain the same; there’s no way lord, to leave this love behind.
AL GREEN

Behind Camera Everything Film Leave Life Love Over Same
I learned more stuff in church than I did in the world.
AL GREEN

Church Education Learn Stuff World

I didn’t have a mother; I had a mama. I measure other women by the stature of my mama.

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