Parent’s Day

Verse 1:
Can you imagine being bound in the struggle of life blister, conveying in the goddess of a sister? And Grandma
Your only constant visitors when you was in that foster home
Let me rephrase that, what you thought was home
‘cause honestly, they don’t care, they just getting paid off you
And when you reach eighteen, they off you
Now you alone again, tryna find a home again
Can’t let ‘em see you cry, guess you gotta hold it in
’til your grandmother takes you in her arms
Giving you that feeling that you will never be harmed
And raise you in the church, you ain’t gotta search no more
But pain still remain in your heart, what is you hurtin’ for?
Is it ‘cause the curtains or you blind from the past?
Tryna open up the windows of a new life at last
But the shattered glass still reflect on your neglect
Not perfect but a child you’re supposed to protect
They grow up but never forget hopin’ counseling work and it does for a while but the memories revert to the hurt
‘cause you been gettin’ abused since a baby
Now you permanently scarred, dang that’s crazy

Chorus:
That’s why it’s hard for him to celebrate parent’s day
That’s why it’s hard for her to celebrate parent’s day
That’s why it’s hard for them to celebrate parent’s day
That’s why it’s hard for them to celebrate parent’s day

Verse 2:
Now he’s older, the world’s colder
Without a home family gave him the cold shoulder
Used to live with his pops but they always bumped heads
Like a crash test dummy, kid wishin’ he was dead
Mentor, made sure he got to school everyday
Like he was his own son, ensurin’ he safe
Baby 9 by the waist, sellin’ somethin’ on the side
In the streets all alone, no guarantee you’ll survive
His close friend let him spend the night at his crib
When they used to drop him off, never show ‘em where he live
The shelter, but one day his mom found out
So she took him in like her own son without a doubt
And blood couldn’t make ‘em any closer, that’s a fact
She told him, ‘Move forward, son, don’t look back’
But it’s hard ‘cause his heart ain’t intact but she still cares
Yeah, and he love ‘em for that, for real

Chorus:
But it’s hard for him to celebrate parent’s day
And it’s hard for her to celebrate parent’s day
That’s why it’s hard for them to celebrate parent’s day
That’s why it’s hard for me to celebrate parent’s day