i was born in a pool
left in my mother's stand
i spat at that surgeon and his tremblin' hand
when i felt for life i was the nursery boy
i stole the doctors scalpel and i slit the cord...
i was a catholic boy...
i was redeemed, detained...i be joy...
i was two months early, they put me under-class
i screamed and cursed at children with the nurse's pass
was convicted of theft as i slid from the womb
they took me straight from my stroller to a cell in the tombs...
i was a catholic boy...
redeemed, detained...i be joy...
they starved me for weeks, they thought they'd teach me fear
i fed on cell-mates trees, it gave me flyin' ideas
when they cut me loose, the time it served you well
i made allies up in heaven, and comrades in hell
i was a catholic child...
with the grand red...the grand wild...
i make angels dance and drop to their knees
when i enter a church the feet of the statue bleed
i understand the faith of all my enemies
with that christ and a god, it's never me...
i'm a catholic boy...
i was redeemed, detained...and i be joy...
i watched his sweetest psalms stolen by the choir
i dreamed of all his bones hangin' from a wire
i take the contribution, i get absolution
i make the resolution to verify my soul...
i'm a catholic boy...
redeemed, detained...i be joy...
and they can't touch me now, i got every size of the...
they got baptism, they got penance
i got communion, i got extreme...
damn...i got confirmation...
i was a catholic boy...
redeemed, detained...and i be joy...
and now, i'm a catholic man...
i put my tounge to the rail whenever i can...
