| For all the deadbeat dads
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| And the kids that they had
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| The ones that’s left behind that’s always up on their minds
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| To know that there’s no excuse
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| To leave a boy in his youth
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| And now that dirty secret’s just some ugly truth
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| To be left all alone
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| To never pick up the phone
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| And all the things I learned I guess I learned on my own
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| But what’s done has been done
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| And now your only son
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| Wants to share the love with you he got from his mom
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| Bad boys need love too
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| I was still just a kid
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| Barely out of my crib
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| Left alone at home yes I was raising my sibs
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| While my mother got paid
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| Always at someone’s aid
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| She missed us, kissed us, told us she’d be home
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| Now her kids is full grown
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| They’ve got kids of their own
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| Put the past behind you mind you you’re never alone
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| Cause my brothers they’re two
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| Yes I got a nephew
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| Can’t change who you are 'til you change what you do
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| Bad boys need love too
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| Pull from the earth
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| Every last thing of worth
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| To know the soil is free of oil, to make that your work
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| To know that we share
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| The same water and air
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| So can’t we be more mindful of what we put in there
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| Cause we can’t be surprised
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| When the oceans do rise
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| To tell yourself you’ll be okay is to tell yourself lies
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| So let’s change how we live
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| Less take and more give
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| It’s in my mother’s nature now to always forgive
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| Bad boys need love too |