Lesbehonest

It's been a hard knock life since the day I was born

My pops would soon be gone

My mom would raise me on her own, oh

When I was six years old, got put in a foster home

I was all alone

And learned the world was cold

I remember wanting to hear my mama's voice at night

So much that I'd just cry alone

All alone

So let's be honest

Do you think that a kid can feel safe in an unfamiliar place?

Let's be honest

I'd rather have my mama beat me with love

Than be beat by a stranger and raped

So let's be honest

So long ago, but it feels like yesterday

And I'ma just be honest

Even if nobody hear me

I'ma tell my story

Ten years old, home again (Again)

Started hanging with gangs (Gangs)

Now I'm smoking weed, having lots to drink

Trying to numb all this pain (Pain)

My sister running away (Away)

I just wanted her to stay (Stay)

But she was hurting too

So much hurt that she started smoking that 'caine ('Caine)

Popping a tab while I was drinking a master

My cigarette, drink in hand

Sniffing coke on the evenings and it ain't fix a thing

Oh, all this pain

Made me a better person today

Let's be honest

Do you think that a drug can stop your problems or make 'em go away?

Let's be honest

It's just a temporary fix that ain't never fix shit for me

Let's be honest

It was so long ago, but it feels like yesterday

And I'ma just be honest

Even if nobody hear me

I'ma tell my story

Never was loved by no man (Man)

So I never loved no man (Man)

My brother seemed to step out (Out)

Way more than he stepped in (In)

On Father's Day, I used to cry (Cry)

Man, I ain't even gon' lie (Lie)

John Hyman never loved me and I just wanted to know why (Why)

But Joe was just like my dad (Dad)