Boy from Baltimore

Take away the pain

Take away the shame

Yeah

I need some love

Somebody take away the pain

Yeah

I need some love

Somebody take away the shame

I grew up on the south side of town

And everything I did seemed to hit the ground

I've been 'buked and I've been scorned

So rough that I forgot the day I was born, y'all

I need some love

Somebody take away the pain

I need some love

Somebody take away the shame

In the world I live, there's so much pain

And the folks talk about me and scandalize my name

I could write the book on hard times and hurt (hurt)

The way I've had to live is lower than dirt, y'all

I need some love

Somebody take away the pain

I need some love

Somebody take away the shame

Yeah, okay, huh, yo

Can't find no love in this world

Wanna know when it's my turn

Cause every time I try to stay above

Is when the floods come

Can't seem to catch the sun

There ain't no place in my mind to run

Praying to the Lord for His kingdom to come

Now I've hit rock bottom, it don't get any lower

All this pain and frustration, every day it burns slower

Rebuked and scorned, somebody take away the shame

So I can hold my head high one day

I pray, yeah

Come on, come on

I need some love

Somebody take away the shame

Somebody take away the pain

I need some love

Take away the shame

Somebody take away the shame

I lost my childhood at the age of three

Told all the other kids, "Don't you mess with me"

I can't look up cause I'm always down, y'all

I can't help it cause there's no love around, y'all

I need some love

Somebody take away the pain

Somebody take away the shame

Take away the pain