[00:15.46]Everybody's askin' me lately where I'm from
[00:18.79]They wanna know what I've been through and what dirt I've done
[00:22.71]But man if I told you what I've seen and been through then you probably run off
[00:26.16]That your scared of the truth so its dead and secret lined in chalk
[00:30.01]See I've been lost ever since I could walk
[00:33.81]Looking for my daddy in anyone of mamma's boyfriends who would talk
[00:37.43]Or listen to me when I spoke instead of lookin' at me like a joke
[00:41.11]Or leavin' me behind leavin' me to cry when you treated my momma like a ho
[00:44.80]But I learned quick that my daddy wasn't ever gonna come around
[00:48.29]And I didn't give a **** cause me and my momma we held it down
[00:51.75]No new kicks first day of school I'm goodwill bound
[00:55.65]But when you come from the trench that's how you learn to walk around
[00:59.17]So I don't give a **** if you ever lay eyes on top of my new shoes homey
[01:02.98]I just wanted you to know I didn't need a dollar from you I got 'em myself
[01:06.84]So if you find yourself in the middle of the floor with the bottle drinking yourself lonely
[01:10.41]Then you can keep company with the picture of me in the magazine on the shelf turn the page
[01:14.21]Daddy can you see me? I'm putting on a show
[01:17.52]In the magazines hear me on the radio
[01:21.40]So what do you think huh?
[01:23.12](I hope that you're proud now
[01:26.35]To watch it all go down)
[01:28.94]I'm sorry daddy you didn't get to watch me grow
[01:32.12]Now I'm always on the road no time to say hello
[01:35.84]Bye (I hope that you're proud now
[01:41.11]To watch it all go down)
[01:43.80]Yeah mamma you look great...perfect
[01:47.49]Be safe on your first date...for certain
[01:51.19]If he brings you home too late... I'll hurt him
[01:54.68]Don't worry bout me I'm safe, I'll close the curtains
[01:58.41]And I feel like I'm raisin' you but what do I know baby blue
[02:02.13]All I know is that I was made in you so I put all my faith in you
[02:05.77]Yeah I was only ten but I felt like a man and I had to let you go
[02:09.45]All I wanted was for us to be rich tear drops in my cereal bowl
[02:13.05]So I turned into an asshole young and dumb smokin' ****
[02:16.74]Vandalizing, robbing houses, stealing cars, that was me
[02:20.36]But everything I did I had to see, feel the pain, had to grieve
[02:24.34]To become who I am and I'm proud of the man I came to be
[02:27.72]What I've learned cannot be taught, what I've earned cannot be bought
[02:31.51]Justified deserve it all, so don't be concerned it's not your fault
[02:35.16]I never counted sheep I count my blessings
[02:39.27]So if you see him now momma don't give him the cold shoulder just give him my message
[02:42.33]Just tell him
[02:43.23]Daddy can you see me? I'm putting on a show
[02:46.36]In the magazines hear me on the radio
[02:49.99]So what do you think huh?
[02:52.00](I hope that you're proud now
[02:55.31]To watch it all go down)
[02:58.18]I'm sorry daddy you didn't get to watch me grow
[03:01.45]Now I'm always on the road no time to say hello
[03:05.23]Bye (I hope that you're proud now
[03:10.06]To watch it all go down)