Motherless child

Sometimes I feel like a motherless child
One whose mother has gone wild

She verbally abused u, even when u didn't do anything wrong
N this is why I sing this prison song
She kept u in the house n never let u out
N yet all the while all u heard were shouts

It's a shame how u make my father seem so mean
Just because he wouldn't give u any green!
That's all I was there 4, but I'm telling u no more
B'cuz I've grown to learn to walk away, through the doors.

My father was always there watching me from afar
Even as of now, while my heart is ajar
Stone cold is a woman who won't love her first born

You never gave me any justice so I pleaded the 5th
N gave u a little harsh gift
I left u not for the worse but for the better within
It was like letting go of all of my sins

My life was stolen, but now I have it back
N now my life is so off track
So now I have to work n struggle
To earn the equal respect I came here 4

I know u don't like me
But guess what, I don't care
B'cuz in my life, you'll always be there

Distraught is how u can define me
Jus like a catastrophe!
I'm stressed, down, n don't know what to do
N yet I don't blame it all on you!

You see me walk in a room
N yet u walk out in tears
Did I really affect u like a boom?
Or is it b'cuz u can't face your fears!

You say you'd never seen my father stand alone
Well, he's raising me n he's not doing it wrong!

- ANB 2-19-06

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