所属专辑:Learning To Breathe...Cuts for Luck and Scars for Freedom Continued
歌手: Mystic
时长: 05:45
Feels better if I tell em my story[00:00:00]
Mystic - Fatherless Child[00:00:04]
Yo' on November 24th' 1999[00:00:16]
I was in L A ' and I was in the kitchen cookin[00:00:21]
And I got this page right[00:00:26]
And uh' I called back and I was informed that[00:00:29]
My father had passed away from a herion overdose[00:00:31]
About two hour's earlier[00:00:34]
So this song is for him' and to him[00:00:35]
And for all the fatherless children in the world[00:00:36]
The mother's who raised us' the people who love us[00:00:40]
It's a Monday' finally found the perfect beat[00:00:46]
To speak my peace on how I came to be[00:00:49]
The way I was raised' how I was born[00:00:51]
Why I smile so sad' and have the eyes of a storm[00:00:54]
Moms from Virginia' you from Rhode Island[00:00:57]
Met up in the state where the sun's always smilin[00:00:59]
Minds connected' physicals exchanged[00:01:01]
Y'all both believin that the world can be changed[00:01:04]
Time passed to 1973' and you begged my mom to create me[00:01:06]
First she said no but she loved you too much[00:01:11]
1974 had a child to touch[00:01:14]
We was into other things' that ripped life scenes[00:01:15]
Liqour' drugs' other women' destroyin dreams[00:01:17]
But you know how women be' she tried to hold on[00:01:19]
For the sake of your love and the beautiful bond[00:01:23]
I'ma fatherless child' it's all I ever been[00:01:26]
It's all I ever be' since your gone from me[00:01:32]
Still I hope you know' that I can never unlove you' love you[00:01:37]
1974 was a year things changed[00:01:47]
Too much alcholol makes people violent and strange[00:01:50]
You broke the window's with a baseball bat[00:01:52]
As my mother cried inside with me on her lap[00:01:55]
The dream destroyed' it was time to leave[00:01:57]
She didn't take much' just a few things of lovin me[00:02:00]
That was the birth of this fatherless child[00:02:03]
And a struggling mother with the world in her eyes[00:02:05]
She did it though' put herself in college[00:02:08]
Raisin me wit grace' givin me the knowledge[00:02:10]
And pops you' you never came by[00:02:13]
Never sent money never called to say hi[00:02:15]
I use to lie to the other kids' on the block[00:02:18]
Say I knew where you was at so the questions would stop[00:02:20]
I fronted to my friends that you didn't mean much[00:02:23]
But I use to cry alone' and lone for your touch[00:02:25]
I'ma fatherless child' it's all I ever been[00:02:28]
It's all I ever be' since your gone from me[00:02:33]
Still I hope you know' that I can never unlove you' love you[00:02:39]
Ninth grade I thought you were dead[00:02:49]
Call my mom about a paper' and that's what you said[00:02:51]
I was angry and confused' all because of you[00:02:54]
Wanted to ask you why' and just say f**k you(f**k you )[00:02:56]
But the feelings passed' what was my options [00:02:59]
Studyin my face tryna find what was lost and[00:03:01]
I decided that you didn't mean shit[00:03:04]
That I was really worth lovin and you lossed a gift[00:03:06]
Before that' I grew breast and things[00:03:09]
Got raped in the bathroom' and the question sings[00:03:11]
What it have' could it have' should it have[00:03:14]
Been different if I had yo hand to grab [00:03:17]
Would I be easier to love' not so torn inside[00:03:19]
If you would've beat that man' and stood by my side [00:03:22]
Would I write sad songs' and call pain daily [00:03:24]
How different would I be if you had raised me [00:03:27]
I'ma fatherless child' it's all I ever been[00:03:29]
It's all I ever be' since your gone from me[00:03:34]
Still I hope you know' that I can never unlove you' love you[00:03:39]
1997' you called my home[00:03:50]
From Telegraph&43' for the child you never owned[00:03:52]
I told you come by' Adam came to help me[00:03:55]
You were homeless and drunk' but not lookin uhealthly[00:03:58]
We sat for hour's' I asked you every question[00:04:01]
We sang on my porch and discussed life lession's[00:04:03]
And I loved you' like you had always been they're[00:04:05]
You said you'd never leave again' so I released my fears[00:04:08]
1999' tryna to sign my deal[00:04:10]
Ten years of hard work' finally becomin real[00:04:12]
So I brush you off' writin songs for a movie[00:04:15]
That was the last time I saw you' forgive me truly[00:04:18]
The day my deal was done' you died[00:04:21]
Wit the needle in your arm' and angels by your side[00:04:24]
And I miss you' tattooed it on my back[00:04:26]
Fatherless child' fade to black[00:04:28]
I'ma fatherless child' it's all I ever been[00:04:31]
It's all I ever be' since your gone from me[00:04:36]
Still I hope you know' that I can never unlove you' love you[00:04:41]
I'ma fatherless child' it's all I ever been[00:04:51]
It's all I ever be' since your gone from me[00:04:56]
Still I hope you know' that I can never unlove you' love you[00:05:01]