Michael Gutierrez-May

Lyrics

Destiny

I grew up on the South Shore
I was a happy, carefree child
I knew that there was more
When I started running wild
I was also a student athlete
Who played on the varsity
My mother was a hippie and she named me Destiny

I started to go to college
Nine months later, I dropped out
I had acquired knowledge
But my belly-o stuck out
And a child was born that summer
Wished I could say I felt free
My mother was a hippie and she named me Destiny

Carrying my passenger
I went back to school
Determined that myself and her
Would not land in a cesspool
Now I'm working at the place
Where you recently met me
My mother was a hippie and she named me Destiny


If you believe in fate
And I'm hoping you do not
I'll be gone from here someday
And where I'll go I know not
But have faith I'll be ok
My little girl and me
My mother was a hippie and she named me Destiny
Mom was a hippie, she named me Destiny.

@Michael Gutierrez-May, February 2023