Use to go out
Someone was always mad
Staying home older now
Someone is always mad
Had a difference of opinion
Someone gets offended
Spoke the truth kept it real
Now someone is getting defensive
Trying to debate a topic
Now its a grudge more personal attacks
No logic involved fueled by anger
All this hatred for being different

He saw his momma drunk
It hurt him and broke his heart
He prayed she'd change for the better
She smoked no regards for others
Set in her ways loved her flaw and all
All the frustration stayed away
Tears and painful to watch
Blaming himself over her bad habits

Don't like to be consumed
By anger and frustration
Dealing with thievery
Not always given a chance
Or an opportunity slim pickings
Making the most of what's given
Praying to not give into temptation
Throw hands with those provoking
Stayed away kept out of the mix
Had to find another place start over
Found new to call your own
Things are better than before
Walking with faith not giving into hate
Praying for wrong doers
Done bad before lived with regret
Begging for forgiveness
Learned to forgive
Not about that life anymore

Had to leave
Get away from the drama
Blows over with time
Everything fades away
So many talking
Dk the whole story
Stop budding in
Mind your business
Sorry you have nothing going
With all your meddling

Looked in her eyes
Saying I love
She smiles says it back
Its like a confession
To tell her how he feels
Hard to show emotions
Grew up with tough love
It was seen as weak
Everything deep from the heart
Scared to say something wrong
Told the truth made it worse
Lies won't make it better
A guilty conscience it was wrong
Trying to make it right
It came crumbling to pieces
Crashing down hard
Beyond repair the destruction
One cared more than the other

Stressing when shes here
Not able to sleep
Up late thinking
Not the best role model
Always looking out
Not a poster child did take risks
Not my kid taking responsibility
Always taking rejects into this family
A group of outcast coming together

Woke up took a drive
Back home fell a sleep
Composing thoughts and ideas
Reflecting a life time of moments
The good times glad they happened
Can't have good without the bad
Bad times start sign of change
Lots of growth more selective
Pick something more not less
Choose for the better keep striving

Always defending the wrong people
Lying to myself justifying the wrong
Not always accepted
Why welcome their bad ways
Use to being turned away
Finding away to be better
Something to call your own
Waking up seeing clearly

Tired of proving yourself
Never going to be accepted
Denying yourself to be liked
Called selfish for self care
Showing emotions labeled as gay
Disrespect from the person
Claiming to have respect
Dealing with phonies
Being chummy for information

Trying to be honest
Lieing eats up the insides bleeds out
So many offend for being called out
Always told straight up
Treated differently for having an opinion
Criticized for having a goal
Seen as crazy for pursuing a dream
Could be better still not settling
Squatted after being told off
Being disrespected stopped listening
Attacked by bad attitudes
Getting the backlash
Frustration caused by someone else
Knows about sacrifice to get through
This journey to be an individual
Called a rebel for taking a stand
No one believe in your work
Only expecting results as proof
Like your efforts don't matter
Use to being denied not accepting it
Being rejected means meant for better
Laughed at by family who never tried
Mocked by devious people
Who don't understand
Nor do they care
Since it's not about them

Two wrongs don't make a right
Hurting people doesn't help
Makes the problem worse
Trying to justify the action
Cheating is never right
Choices were made over insecurity
Talking about working it out
Actions are not matching what's said
Claiming love things changed
While lusting with others
The double standards no sympathy
No remorse for this conduct
A failed relationship beyond repair
A couple in denial because of history
Too scared to start over settled
Try something new set in their ways
Bad habits accepted fear of change

See you with a bottle
Assuming you started drinking
Around a slob of a cousin
Who doesn't clean up after himself
Get why his baby mama left him
Why his parents kicked him out
Some people are stubborn
But it's on them
Stop blaming everyone
That's why they are alone
With their passive aggressive ways

Grew up with tough love
It doesn't come easy or natural
Always a sacrifice to be accepted
Denying yourself over living a lie
Use to rejection can't force it to be
Open to change personal growth
Expected to be someone else
Can't live or be the person
Someone else made you out to be
Trying to be loved hating yourself
Working to be accepted being denied

Never one to go against family
Not looking for an argument or fight
Sending positive vibes good energy
Wishing them the best
Always proud of them see good
Stuck with the worse
Bringing everything down
Always had their back did favors
Said NO once acting like a stranger
Treated like a forever enemy
The black sheep of the family

The worse is showing no emotions
Hurting inside refusing to shed a tear
Hiding feelings not easy to express
They'll get the best of you
Like trying to defuse a bomb
Trying to be better rise above hate
Not fall into bad habits
Not lose your temper over others
A smirk to hide the frustration
Minding your mouth not going off
Keeping out of others business
Too bad they can't do the same
They'll throw you under
Because they have nothing to show
Trying to tarnish your reputation
So they can feel better so insecure
Another act pretending to be pals
Trying get into not spilling the beans

Sad to be around my cousins kids
The kids want attention and ignored
They like when you spend time with them
Doesn't take much to be involved
Everyone is different
With their styles and approach
Always wondered what if and why
Some have kids but not responsible
Trying to be the person
Needed when being young

How do complicated people
Talk about others to take the attention off them
When no one is talking about them
Quick to blame others and make excuses
Instead of owning up very frustrating
Far from perfect
They burden others and expect
Manipulating others with guilt
So they can be set in their ways
Too stubborn to change
Listen to anyone that means well

Alienated kept out
Always looking in
Someday feel great
Other times bothered
A guilty conscience
Feeling off out of place
Anxiety feeling jittery
Mind racing thoughts

Feeling the music for emotions
Taken away by the sweet sounds
Memories moments remembered
Taken away able to write about it
That's song during a first kiss
A slow dance full of romance
With that special someone
That song that gets you pumped
For a work out gets you through it
Helps during a tough time

No longer friends over a girl
She played them both
Now they are blaming on another
One had love for her
The other lusted with her
Can't change the past
Ruined the future lots of false hope
Broken promises nothing more
A failed relationship beyond repair
A childhood friendship diminished
Brotherly love turned into hatred
Broken trust no longer a couple
Lost respect everyone divided