hey baby boy ... we are...

Sitting in the triage at Sinai hospital
Your mother and i awaiting for the time to go/
Be.cause y'all had a fender bender earlier today
And they told us to stop in to make sure you're ok/

So they asked a lotta questions, inspected and checked up on you
And They said your heart sounds fabulous, so we're proud of you/
I hope your heart is always fabulous
Regardless of life's changes and chances and blessings and accidents/

We know we can't just preach it, and not be it
We gotta model it Cuz you won't believe it until you see it/
We gon tell you we love you as a prefix, before we hug you,
therefore you feel it, your spirit knows it was true/

You'll need that intuition for this world that you're coming to
Some people will say anything, don't let them puzzle you/
Just try to find that piece of truth, in what they're saying,
and fit it in this reality puzzle we're all playing/
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Because we all need that eye of discernment
Otherwise this life is a whirlwind/
Don't be surprised if your pride tries to poison you
try to avoid it when the voices are annoying you/

I don't mean to scare you though, this life is enjoyable
We got a lot to look forward to
Like creativity and art, humor and friendships
Zuberi, Amelia. Daniela, Cedric

and the search for knowledge will always be endless
so we will never get bored, our little apprentice
our little ilosopher, we can't wait to learn from you
our eyes are open, our mind is open, our heart is open

and hoping, for the best...blessings and tests
either one we radiantly acquiesce
I wanna show you bravery at it's zenith
i'm talking too much but you get it, right?
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When you come out
You'll notice the world's cold
then...
you'll discover the warm hold of your mother
mother earth

and when you come out
you'll notice the world's noise
then
you'll recognize that voice of your father
heavenly father
...i hope i am....i'm striving man...
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but mom and dad will have roles that's interchangeable
i plan to change your diaper too, just so that you know
i probably make a few mistakes--please forgive me
i'm the youngest sibling in my family, so i never did this before

showing that i care is something that i'm working on
but i've had a lot of help on that, thanks to your mom
she is both magical and highly practical
so amazing and creative, yet rational

it's our duty to you, to be united
so when we disagree, we don't insult, we consult
just to sort out the juice from the pulp
the truth from the folktale, the view when there's no veils

there's a lot to say, but we mainly want to promise you
we'll always be together--we will do whatever's possible
to elevate your unity, love and and tranquility
cuz truthfully the family's your very first community but
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speaking of community, there's something else we gotta tell ya
we still wanna continue our service, little fella
but maybe it's like...you come in this world at midnight
we run and drop our service like slipper's of cinderella

then the prince of charming finds us to bring it back
and the opportunity continues, huh...think of that
now we know why it's important
cuz working for the betterment of the world will become your fortune

more likely than us, you'll see the fruits of our labors
if we inspire the children today, imagine later
they will grow up and want to give back
so the service multiplies, but you'll have to nurture that

so if you heard your dad is concerned with another's well being
just know that it's connected to our hearts beating
cuz our "inner life moulds the environment
and is itself deeply affected by it" -- Shoghi Effendi

we cannot (we cannot)
segregate (segregate)
the human heart
from the environment

they say having a child is like having your heart walking around outside your body...so that should be a good reminder of the need to work towards the betterment of the world, starting with our family, continuing into the community and the world

"We cannot segregate the human heart from the environment outside us and say once one of these is reformed everything will be improved. Man is organic with the world. His inner life moulds the environment and is itself deeply affected by it. The one acts upon the other and every abiding change in the life of man is the result of mutual reaction."