{"id":37,"date":"2010-11-08T16:44:08","date_gmt":"2010-11-08T16:44:08","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/blog.beliefnet.com\/insweetcompany\/2010\/11\/a-bad-rap.html"},"modified":"2010-11-08T16:44:08","modified_gmt":"2010-11-08T16:44:08","slug":"a-bad-rap","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.beliefnet.com\/columnists\/insweetcompany\/2010\/11\/a-bad-rap.html","title":{"rendered":"A Bad Rap"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>&#8216;M back went out<br \/>I was down for the count.<br \/>Couldn&#8217;t walk, couldn&#8217;t sit.<br \/>Pitched a real hissy fit!<br \/>Laid in m&#8217; bed, in mighty bad pain.<br \/>Prayed me a prayer to be cool again.<br \/>A friend of a friend came by to see<br \/>What in the world she could do for me.<br \/>She say: &#8220;Uh ah! No way! You can do or be!<br \/>Your stuck now, girl, in this reality!&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>She worked her magic on my sorry spine.<br \/>Cut the pain by 20, by 50 over time.<br \/>I laid in bed, with 50 to go<br \/>Stewin&#8217; &#8217;bout not bein&#8217; in m&#8217; daily flow.<br \/>Then I started thinkin&#8217; &#8217;bout what made me smile<br \/>&#8216;Bout times I&#8217;d gone that extra mile,<br \/>&#8216;Bout people I love and blessings I had,<br \/>&#8216;Bout places I&#8217;d been to that made me feel glad.<br \/>And, Yo! Uh ah, no&nbsp; way, I could do or be<br \/>Packin&#8217; a sad in that reality.<\/p>\n<p>My body relaxed cuz my heart did the talkin&#8217;<br \/>And next day I was up and walkin&#8217;!<br \/>Sittin&#8217; was hard, so I upped the ante<br \/>And turned me into a Smile Vigilante! &nbsp;<br \/>I opened me up to an inner strain<br \/>And&nbsp; lifted m&#8217; sit above its pain.<br \/>So I lost a few weeks of doin&#8217; and bein&#8217;<br \/>But I changed the whole thing with some good heart seein&#8217;.<br \/>Pain comes, pain goes as everything do<br \/>Life is what is is, but joy gets ya&#8217; through.<br \/>And un ah, no way I wanna do or be<br \/>Make nothin&#8217; but joy my life&#8217;s reality.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>&#8216;M back went outI was down for the count.Couldn&#8217;t walk, couldn&#8217;t sit.Pitched a real hissy fit!Laid in m&#8217; bed, in mighty bad pain.Prayed me a prayer to be cool again.A friend of a friend came by to seeWhat in the world she could do for me.She say: &#8220;Uh ah! 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