[Verse 1]
It's been a hard knock life since the day I was born
My pops will soon be gone
My mom would raise me on her own
When I was 6 years old, got put in a foster home
I was all alone
[?] learned the world [?]
I remember one [?] mama's voice at night
So much that I just cried alone
All alone
[Chorus]
So lesbehonest
Do you think that a kid can feel safe in an unfamiliar place?
Lesbehonest
I'd rather have my mama beat me with love, than be beat by a stranger and raped
So letsbehonest
So long ago, but it feels like yesterday
And I'm a just be honest
Even if nobody hear me
I'm a tell my story
[Verse 2]
Ten years old, home again
Started hanging with gangs
Now I'm smoking, we having [?] tryna numb all this pain
My sister running away
I just wanted her to stay
But she was hurting too, so much hurt, that she started smoking that caine
Popping the tab while I was drinking the [?]
Drinking hand, sniffing coke [?]
[?]
Oh, all this pain
Made me a better person today
[Chorus]
Letsbehonest
Do you think that a drug can fix your problems?
Or make them go away?
Lesbehonest
That's just a temporary fix that ain't never fix shit for me
Lesbehonest
It was so long ago, but it feels like yesterday
And I'm a just be honest
Even if nobody hear me
I'm a tell my story
[Verse 3]
Never was loved by no man
So I never loved no man
My brother [?] out
Way more than he stepped in
On father's day, I used to cry
Man, I ain't even gon' lie
John Himan never loved me, and I just wanted to know why
[?] was just like my dad
When he died, I was really sad
[?] took his life, best velieve, I was sitting right by his bed
I will never forget
When he told me I was his kid
Said I'm your daddy, love me [?] realest shit he ever did
[Chorus]
Letsbehonest
All young girls need their fathers
Letsbehonest
Lesbehonest was written by Tish Hyman.