--The Hitter--

Come to the door, ma, and unlock the chain
Well, I was just passin' through and got caught in the rain
There's nothing that I want, nothing that you need say
Just let me lie down for a while and I'll be on my way

I was no more than a kid when you put me on the Southern Queen
With the police on my back, I fled to New Orleans
Well, I fought in the dockyards for the money that I made
I knew the fight was my home and blood was my trade

Baton Rouge, Ponchatoula, and Lafayette town
Well, they paid me their money, ma, I knocked the men down
I did what I did and it come easily
Restraint and mercy, ma, were always strangers to me

I fought champion Jack Thompson in a field full of mud
Rain poured through the tent to the canvas and mixed with our blood
In the twelfth, I slipped my tongue over my broken jaw
I stood over him, pounded his bloody body into the floor

Well, the bell rang and rang and still I kept on
'Til I felt my glove leather slip 'tween his skin and bone

And the women and the money came fast and the days, I lost track
The women red, the money green, but the numbers were black
I fought for the men in their silk suits to lay down their bets
Well, I took my good share, ma, I have no regrets

I took the fix at the state armory with John McDowell
From high in the rafters I watched myself fall
As they raised his arm, my stomach twisted and the sky it went black
I stuffed my bag with their good money and I never looked back

Understand, in the end, ma, every man plays the game
If you know me one different, then speak out his name

Ma, if my voice now you don't recognize
Well, just open the door and look into your dark eyes
I ask of you nothin', not a kiss not a smile
Just open the door and let me lie down for a while

Now the gray rain's fallin' and my ring fightin's done
So in the work fields and alleys, I take all who'll come
If you're a better man than me, then just step to the line
And show me your money and speak out your crime

Now there's nothin' I want, ma, nothin' that you need say
Just let me lie down for a while and I'll be on my way

Well, tonight in Stockyard, a man draws a circle in the dirt
I move to the center and take off my shirt
I study him for the cuts, the scars, the pain man nor time can erase
I move hard to the left and I strike to the face..............

--Barry White (September 12, 1944(1944-09-12) – July 4, 2003)--

Barry White(1944-09-12) (September 12, 1944 – July 4, 2003) was an American record producer and singer-songwriter.
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A five-time Grammy Award-winner known for his rich bass voice and romantic image, White's greatest success came in the 1970s as a solo singer and with his Love Unlimited Orchestra, crafting many enduring hit soul funk, and disco songs. Worldwide, White had many gold and platinum albums and singles, with combined sales of over 100 million, according to critics Ed Hogan and Wade Kergan.
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~http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Barry_White

--What causes Autism?--

The autism argument has been fueled in recent years, between the correlation of autism and vaccines. Roughly one in four parents believes that some vaccines are the cause of autism in healthy children, but is there enough proof to support this theory?

The worry about a vaccine link first arose in 1998 when a British physician published a medical journal linking the two. The results from his study prompted a movement among parents with autistic children. For years, numerous parents have blamed mercury in vaccines for the illness, but recent revelations have everyone wondering.

The medical journal that first published this study, and caused all the outrage, retracted the study that claimed a link exists. This discredited the study, thus leaving people bewildered. Further evidence disputing the correlation surfaced as recent as March 12, 2010. A Washington federal judge concluded that the vaccine additive thimerosal is not to blame for autism. This news is unsettling for many parents and the battle is far from over. Is it safe to say that no one knows for sure what causes autism?
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~http://www.autism.org/

~http://www.medhelp.org/forums/Autism/show/85