where did I go wrong while I was growing up
I did everything that I was told
but that was not enough

I had no chance to be a child
that I should have been
but instead I played an adult part
and didn't know where to begin

I felt like I had shackles wrapped around my legs
and at those times my soul it begin to beg

release me from this awful days
of torture and abuse
I pray that God unlocks these chains
and he turns me loose

freedom freedom now I can say
the binds that held me down
I am proud to tell you
that they are no longer still around