Everybody’s asking me lately, where I’m from They wanna know what I’ve been through and what dirt I’ve done But man if I told you what I’ve seen and been through, Then you’d probably run off You’re scared of the truth, so it’s dead in secret lined in chalk See I’ve been lost ever since I could walk Lookin’ for my daddy in any one of mama’s boyfriend who would talk Or listened to me when I spoke instead of looking at me like a joke Or leavin’ me behind, leavin’ me to cry when you treated my mama like a ho’ But I learned quick that my daddy wasn’t never gonna come around And I didn’t give a shit cause me and my mama we held it down No new kicks, first day of school I’m good will bound But when you come from the trench that’s how you learned to walk around So I don’t give a fuck if you ever lay eyes on top of my new shoes homie I just wanted you to know that I didn’t need a dollar from you I got ‘em myself So if you find yourself in the middle of the floor, With a bottle, drinking yourself lonely Then you can keep company with a picture of me in a magazine on the shelf Turn the page...
[Hook] Daddy can you see me I’m putting on a show In the magazines Hear me on the radio So what’a you think? Well I hope that you’re proud now To watch it all go down I’m sorry Daddy You didn’t get to watch me grow Now I’m always on the road No time to say hello. Bye And I hope that you’re proud now To watch it all go down
[Verse 2] Yeah Mamma you look great, perfect Be safe on your first date, for certain If he brings you home too late, I’ll hurt him Don’t worry ‘bout me I’m safe, I’ll close the curtains And I feel like I’m raising you, but what do I know, Baby Blue All I know is that I was made in you, so I put all my faith in you Yea I was only 10, but I felt like a man and I had to let you go All I wanted was for us to be rich, tear drops in my cereal bowl So I turned into an asshole, young and dumb smokin’ weed Vandalizing, robbing houses, stealing cars that was me But everything I did I had to see, feel the pain had to grieve To become who I am, and I’m proud of the man I came to be Cause what I’ve learned, cannot be taught, What I’ve earned could not be bought Justified deserved it all so don’t be concerned, it’s not your fault I never counted sheep, I count my blessings So if you see him out Mamma, don’t give him the cold shoulder, give him my message Just tell him...
[Hook] Daddy can you see me I’m putting on a show In the magazines Hear me on the radio So what’a you think? Well I hope that you’re proud now To watch it all go down I’m sorry Daddy You didn’t get to watch me grow Now I’m always on the road No time to say hello. Bye And I hope that you’re proud now To watch it all go down