the root of a thing

My mama was a baby when she had me
 Just like my daddy
 My mama lost her mama to the sky
 And sometimes you can see it in her eyes
 And sometimes you can smell it on her breath
 Sometimes she get to talking with her chest
 Cause sometimes the world don't do you right
 The love dont hold you tight
 The home aint there at night
 I guess that's why
 We walk by faith and not by sight
 Cause what you see will have you fucked up
 Believing that your lucks up
 My mama left at 3 months
 Took 30 years to trust her
 Took 30 years to muster
 The empathy to wonder the ways the world had fucked her
 Took 30 years to love her
 Shit
 Surely surely I'm my mama's child
 Cause surely surely I'm out here running wild
 And damn my nigga you just won't settle down
 Guess what goes around comes right back around
 And damn I feel it now
 But I got my walls up
 
 I really really wanna love you
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 But I got my walls up
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 I never seen my daddy treat a woman good
 I don't know what it's like to be understood
 My daddy dont like no woman who don't look good
 My daddy dont like no woman who dont cook good
 My daddy dont like no woman who gain weight
 My daddy aint like no woman he don't stay
 And he'll never understand the pain
 But I got my walls up
 I really really wanna love you
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 But I got my walls up
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 Baby baby baby it aint right
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 But I got my walls up