| Everybody’s askin' me lately where I’m from
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| They wanna know what I’ve been through and what dirt I’ve done
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| But man if I told you what I’ve seen and been through then you probably run off
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| That your scared of the truth so its dead and secret lined in chalk
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| See I’ve been lost ever since I could walk
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| Looking for my daddy in anyone of mamma’s boyfriends who would talk
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| Or listen to me when I spoke instead of lookin' at me like a joke
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| Or leavin' me behind leavin' me to cry when you treated my momma like a ho
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| But I learned quick that my daddy wasn’t ever gonna come around
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| And I didn’t give a shit cause me and my momma we held it down
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| No new kicks first day of school I’m goodwill bound
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| But when you come from the trench that’s how you learn to walk around
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| So I don’t give a fuck if you ever lay eyes on top of my new shoes homey
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| I just wanted you to know I didn’t need a dollar from you I got 'em myself
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| So if you find yourself in the middle of the floor with the bottle drinking
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| yourself lonely
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| Then you can keep company with the picture of me in the magazine on the shelf
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| turn the page
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| Daddy can you see me? |
| I’m putting on a show
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| In the magazines hear me on the radio
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| So what do you think huh?
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| (I hope that you’re proud now
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| To watch it all go down)
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| I’m sorry daddy you didn’t get to watch me grow
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| Now I’m always on the road no time to say hello
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| Bye (I hope that you’re proud now
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| To watch it all go down)
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| Yeah mamma you look great… perfect
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| Be safe on your first date… for certain
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| If he brings you home too late… I’ll hurt him
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| Don’t worry bout me I’m safe, I’ll close the curtains
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| And I feel like I’m raisin' you but what do I know baby blue
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| All I know is that I was made in you so I put all my faith in you
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| Yeah I was only ten but I felt like a man and I had to let you go
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| All I wanted was for us to be rich tear drops in my cereal bowl
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| So I turned into an asshole young and dumb smokin' weed
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| Vandalizing, robbing houses, stealing cars, that was me
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| But everything I did I had to see, feel the pain, had to grieve
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| To become who I am and I’m proud of the man I came to be
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| What I’ve learned cannot be taught, what I’ve earned cannot be bought
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| Justified deserve it all, so don’t be concerned it’s not your fault
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| I never counted sheep I count my blessings
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| So if you see him now momma don’t give him the cold shoulder just give him my
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| message
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| Just tell him
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| Daddy can you see me? |
| I’m putting on a show
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| In the magazines hear me on the radio
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| So what do you think huh?
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| (I hope that you’re proud now
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| To watch it all go down)
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| I’m sorry daddy you didn’t get to watch me grow
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| Now I’m always on the road no time to say hello
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| Bye (I hope that you’re proud now
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| To watch it all go down) |