Amen Was a Bantamweight

he strolled into the gym

after a year away & said

he’d seen some shit we couldn’t fathom

done some shit he’d take to his grave

 

But Amen liked to talk a lot

said he once knocked out Pacquiao

over a parking spot

pow! pow!

yeah, Amen had imagination

& a theme song that went:

 

You better say amen

cross yourself or something

better say amen

 

You better say amen

when you see me coming

better say amen

 

Said he spent the spring in Mexico

boxing bare knuckle

in Quintana Roo sunshine

in makeshift, open-air casinos

between corrido singers & cockfights

 

Amen was on a winning streak

‘til he woke up drunk cuddling a married chica

ay!

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