[00:00.000] 作词 : Michael Atha/W. Washington
[00:01.000] 作曲 : Michael Atha/W. Washington
[00:16.70]Everybody's askin' me lately where I'm from
[00:19.68]They wanna know what I've been through and what dirt I've done
[00:23.93]But man if I told you what I've seen and been through then you probably run off
[00:27.38]That your scared of the truth so its dead and secret lined in chalk
[00:31.11]See I've been lost ever since I could walk
[00:34.90]Looking for my daddy in anyone of mamma's boyfriends who would talk
[00:38.58]Or listen to me when I spoke instead of lookin' at me like a joke
[00:42.25]Or leavin' me behind leavin' me to cry when you treated my momma like a ho
[00:49.69]But I learned quick that my daddy wasn't ever gonna come around
[00:53.73]And I didn't give a **** cause me and my momma we held it down
[00:57.33]No new kicks first day of school I'm goodwill bound
[01:00.98]But when you come from the trench that's how you learn to walk around
[01:04.53]So I don't give a **** if you ever lay eyes on top of my new shoes homey
[01:11.32]I just wanted you to know I didn't need a dollar from you I got 'em myself
[01:14.78]So if you find yourself in the middle of the floor with the bottle drinking yourself lonely
[01:18.83]Then you can keep company with the picture of me in the magazine on the shelf turn the page
[01:22.58]Daddy can you see me? I'm putting on a show
[01:25.85]In the magazines hear me on the radio
[01:29.62]So what do you think huh?
[01:31.10]I hope that you're proud now
[01:33.99]To watch it all go down
[01:37.62]I'm sorry daddy you didn't get to watch me grow
[01:40.71]Now I'm always on the road no time to say hello
[01:44.34]Bye, I hope that you're proud now
[01:49.58]To watch it all go down)
[01:52.29]Yeah mamma you look great...perfect
[01:55.57]Be safe on your first date...for certain
[01:59.24]If he brings you home too late... I'll hurt him
[02:02.63]Don't worry bout me I'm safe, I'll close the curtains
[02:06.39]And I feel like I'm raisin' you but what do I know baby blue
[02:18.27]All I know is that I was made in you so I put all my faith in you
[02:22.16]Yeah I was only ten but I felt like a man and I had to let you go
[02:26.01]All I wanted was for us to be rich tear drops in my cereal bowl
[02:29.56]So I turned into an asshole young and dumb smokin' ****
[02:33.09]Vandalizing, robbing houses, stealing cars, that was me
[02:36.84]But everything I did I had to see, feel the pain, had to grieve
[02:40.47]To become who I am and I'm proud of the man I came to be
[02:44.28]What I've learned cannot be taught, what I've earned cannot be bought
[02:47.93]Justified deserve it all, so don't be concerned it's not your fault
[02:51.74]I never counted sheep I count my blessings
[02:55.69]So if you see him now momma don't give him the cold shoulder just give him my message
[02:58.04]Just tell him
[02:59.68]Daddy can you see me? I'm putting on a show
[03:02.93]In the magazines hear me on the radio
[03:06.33]So what do you think huh?
[03:08.08]I hope that you're proud now
[03:11.76]To watch it all go down
[03:14.52]I'm sorry daddy you didn't get to watch me grow
[03:17.71]Now I'm always on the road no time to say hello
[03:21.47]Bye, I hope that you're proud now
[03:26.27]To watch it all go down
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