"Innocent kids grow up believing so many lies
Told they will never break out so they don’t even try
Daddy workin late and momma workin the night shift
Clueless to what the kids are facin cause they tryna keep the lights lit
And when everyone’s together the room is an awkward silence
Ya daughter is fuckin rappers and your son has turn to violence
Sit back and you witnessing your family fade into strangers
Astonished at first but that astonishment soon turns into anger
So daddy attempts to put his foot down but nobody’ll listen
His family is too far gone into a new existence
His pride and joy his baby girl and his little man
Have fucked up his happiness too far gone to reprimand
Mom tryna tell him to be easy and they just need their space
Give em time to come around I swear it’s just a phase
And he doesn’t find the same solace in her sweet voice that he use to
So he knocks back a bottle of scotch a sight you should get use to
House of full of people, but no ever speaks
They only speak when they argue but even the arguments are weak
Momma’s health is gettin bad but she doesnt have nobody to tell
So she feels like she is rotting away and waiting to burn in hell
She sits in her room looking through old family albums
They all looked so happy she would have never fathomed this outcome
All her friends tell her to pray and keep her head up and she’ll be fine
She knows that is just some shit people say when you attempt to confide
Seeing her family broken she just prays for another try."
Told they will never break out so they don’t even try
Daddy workin late and momma workin the night shift
Clueless to what the kids are facin cause they tryna keep the lights lit
And when everyone’s together the room is an awkward silence
Ya daughter is fuckin rappers and your son has turn to violence
Sit back and you witnessing your family fade into strangers
Astonished at first but that astonishment soon turns into anger
So daddy attempts to put his foot down but nobody’ll listen
His family is too far gone into a new existence
His pride and joy his baby girl and his little man
Have fucked up his happiness too far gone to reprimand
Mom tryna tell him to be easy and they just need their space
Give em time to come around I swear it’s just a phase
And he doesn’t find the same solace in her sweet voice that he use to
So he knocks back a bottle of scotch a sight you should get use to
House of full of people, but no ever speaks
They only speak when they argue but even the arguments are weak
Momma’s health is gettin bad but she doesnt have nobody to tell
So she feels like she is rotting away and waiting to burn in hell
She sits in her room looking through old family albums
They all looked so happy she would have never fathomed this outcome
All her friends tell her to pray and keep her head up and she’ll be fine
She knows that is just some shit people say when you attempt to confide
Seeing her family broken she just prays for another try."
Family Ties (via kaitheking)
