[Verse 1]

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.