Told that I'm supposed to fail
I wouldn't amount to much of nothing
Yes I pray, there was days,
I wondered if you really loved me
But baby you feel pain
Mama would say when I felt like running away
I couldn't take it.
I Soon hit ten, angry with all of the world.
I couldn't keep friends, just wishing you'd come back and see
My difficult times being an adolescent
And like so many just like me, without a shoulder to lean
I needed you
When I needed a father figure
I needed you
To stop me from makin' a wrong decision
At seventeen, when the cold of the world had my back up against the wall.
I need, I needed you
I need, I needed you
Told that I'm supposed to fail,
I wouldn't amount to much of nothing
Yes I pray, there was days,
I wondered if you really loved me.
"But baby you feel pain."
Mama would say when I felt like running away.
I couldn't take it.
I Soon hit ten, angry with all of the world.
I couldn't keep friends, just wishing you'd come back and see,
My difficult times being an adolescent.
And like so many just like me, without a shoulder to lean
I needed you
When I needed a father figure.
I needed you
To stop me from makin' the wrong decisions.
At seventeen, when the cold of the world had my back up against the wall.
When temptation was calling me, didn't know which way to go.
I needed you.
I need, I needed you.
I needed you.
I need, I need you.
Seventeen, when the cold of the world had my back up against the wall.
When temptation was calling me, didn't know which way to go
Mama had no financial help
And thoughts of breakin' the law came
Seen her tryna hold down two jobs
Was tearin' up on me had a way (had a way)
All my friends was gettin' in it
It came time for me to get that dough
Wrong or right I had to go for what I know
I needed you
When I needed a father figure
I needed you
To stop me from making the wrong decisions.
At seventeen, when the cold of the world had my back up against the wall
When temptation was calling me, didn't know which way to go
I needed you
I need, I needed you
I needed you
I need, I need you
Seventeen, when the cold of the world had my back up against the wall
When temptation was calling me, didn't know which way to go
Lord I pray. Give me strength to forgive them and not all the I hate I got
Even though the pain of this was too heavy. Lord I pray
Show me all brothers growing up without a father had a turn with a day adolescent to a legacy
Lord I pray
From the knowledge I ain't get
God you gave me
And temptation was calling me, didn't know which way to go
I needed you
When I needed a father figure.
I needed you
To stop me from making the wrong decisions.
At seventeen, when the cold of the world had my back up against the wall
When temptation was calling me, didn't know which way to go
I wouldn't amount to much of nothing
Yes I pray, there was days,
I wondered if you really loved me
But baby you feel pain
Mama would say when I felt like running away
I couldn't take it.
I Soon hit ten, angry with all of the world.
I couldn't keep friends, just wishing you'd come back and see
My difficult times being an adolescent
And like so many just like me, without a shoulder to lean
I needed you
When I needed a father figure
I needed you
To stop me from makin' a wrong decision
At seventeen, when the cold of the world had my back up against the wall.
I need, I needed you
I need, I needed you
Told that I'm supposed to fail,
I wouldn't amount to much of nothing
Yes I pray, there was days,
I wondered if you really loved me.
"But baby you feel pain."
Mama would say when I felt like running away.
I couldn't take it.
I Soon hit ten, angry with all of the world.
I couldn't keep friends, just wishing you'd come back and see,
My difficult times being an adolescent.
And like so many just like me, without a shoulder to lean
I needed you
When I needed a father figure.
I needed you
To stop me from makin' the wrong decisions.
At seventeen, when the cold of the world had my back up against the wall.
When temptation was calling me, didn't know which way to go.
I needed you.
I need, I needed you.
I needed you.
I need, I need you.
Seventeen, when the cold of the world had my back up against the wall.
When temptation was calling me, didn't know which way to go
Mama had no financial help
And thoughts of breakin' the law came
Seen her tryna hold down two jobs
Was tearin' up on me had a way (had a way)
All my friends was gettin' in it
It came time for me to get that dough
Wrong or right I had to go for what I know
I needed you
When I needed a father figure
I needed you
To stop me from making the wrong decisions.
At seventeen, when the cold of the world had my back up against the wall
When temptation was calling me, didn't know which way to go
I needed you
I need, I needed you
I needed you
I need, I need you
Seventeen, when the cold of the world had my back up against the wall
When temptation was calling me, didn't know which way to go
Lord I pray. Give me strength to forgive them and not all the I hate I got
Even though the pain of this was too heavy. Lord I pray
Show me all brothers growing up without a father had a turn with a day adolescent to a legacy
Lord I pray
From the knowledge I ain't get
God you gave me
And temptation was calling me, didn't know which way to go
I needed you
When I needed a father figure.
I needed you
To stop me from making the wrong decisions.
At seventeen, when the cold of the world had my back up against the wall
When temptation was calling me, didn't know which way to go
