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
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