Who You Are

Now they gonna say I told you so
You know they gon say it
Now I gotta hear I should have known
I shoulda known
Cause you showed who you are
And now I'm hurt now I'm hurt

Ain't seen my family in a minute
So I flew the kids to visit
My whole life I felt lost but then found forgiveness
Had to adapt to environments like amphibians
But I ain't never fucking ask to have to live like this
I can't be mad cause it turned me to a man
But when I needed you you needed drugs instead
I always wondered why mom left us like she did
I just know I'll never turn my back and do that to my kids
But people change now I get that
My kids need their family cause as a kid I didn't get that
Me and your mother split and I'm sorry you have to live that
Had me feeling like I failed you and that's something I can't get back
I want my kids to have a place to call home
Cause growing up, that was a feeling that I ain't ever know
I know the toll that it takes on a soul
I just wanna give em better though
That's why I'm putting all these hours of work in the studio
I really came up on my own, now my song on the radio
I remember all the people that said that I wouldn't blow
An my friends that said I'm good but wouldn't even share a post
So when I get to where I'm going, don't be blowing up my phone
Cause I'll remember all the nights I recorded and felt alone
I do this for my kids and the kids that be feeling low
Just to show em there's a better way than out there selling blow

Now they gonna say I told you so
You know they gon say it
Now I gotta hear I should have known
I shoulda known
Cause you showed who you are
And now I'm hurt now I'm hurt

You wanna be in my sons life, why couldn't you be there for me
I understand you changed but why'd it take so long to see
Growing up I thought my parents hated me
Cause they were dealing with their own problems that I couldn't see
Now I see what's really important
It's not the money or the clothes or a car that's imported
We always think that's what it is and I'll admit that I want it
But that shit don't amount to my love for my son and my daughter

When I heard that first cry I knew some changes were coming
But I cant even lie I wouldn't trade it for nothing
You helped me be a better man I gotta thank you for it
That's why you kids deserve the world I feel like I owe it

Cause you showed who you are
And now I'm hurt now I'm hurt

I pour my pain like the liquor that's in my veins
You can try to rebuild a bridge but it won't ever be the same
No it won't ever be the same
No it won't ever be the same
It won't ever be the same
No it won't ever be the same
I pour my pain like the liquor that's in my veins
You can try to rebuild a bridge but it won't ever be the same
No it won't ever be the same
No it won't ever be the same
But I've been learning how to
But I've been learning how to change

Now they gonna say I told you so
You know they gon say it
Now I gotta hear I should have known
I shoulda known
Cause you showed who you are
And now I'm hurt now I'm hurt