Yes I grew up with a mom
But no dad in the picture
So there was always a miss and no mister
All the pain I had when I was little
To see my mom struggle for days
Just for me to live life in a better way
I was too young to get a job
So there was nothing for me to do
Just sit back and think about all the things me and my mom were going through
No real father love because you weren’t there
So the spot you were supposed to fill, was cold and bare
Yes, men came in and out of my mother’s life
But none of them felt right
They left eventually
Because they used my mom, some even tried to get to me
It was a shame, to see another side of life
I guess to my dad I was a waste of space
Something that should have stayed unborn
Something he wished he could have erased
But I’m here now
And I can’t leave no time soon
I’m still getting ready to bloom
Already in high school doing great
Three more years left and I can hardly wait
But now I go home and find out my father’s here
And he wants to make up for lost time
I drop my books and run to my room
And yell, you’re lying
And if you’re not, tell him to go away, and it’s too late to start trying
Trying make up for all the things he missed
Or trying to apologize to us for how he left us in a mist
Treating my mom like dust and me even worse
He gave me thirteen years of hurt
Not knowing the man that I was to call father
What man does that
Sits there, gets a girl pregnant then leaves her
Now I sit and cry all night, thinking about all the things I had going for myself
And now that I’m all grown up now
I don’t need his help
My mom is doing well and I’m on top of my game in school
Also in sports, too
Articles, fans, I’ve got the fame
Everywhere I go someone is yelling out my name
Why did he finally come because thirteen years of her life past and she can’t get it back
You can’t fix something you can’t replace
And all the memories I wanted with you, you can’t make
I finally come out and say
I don’t want to make up lost time and I’m going to keep the clock turning
Till this day I can’t figure why my father showed up that day
All I know is that the pain my father gave
It is too hard to explain
And it’s an unending pain that won’t go away