Turned My Back

[Chorus]
Wise I turned my back on you
I fell flat on my face, but didn’t knew
Wise I turned my back on you
I fell flat on my face, but didn’t knew

[Verse 1]
Now when she met him, she was hypnotized
Everything she ever wanted in a man, he epitomized
From the butterflies to kick inside
‘Til they traded vowels in church
To have it all legitimized
After that, they had their honeymoon
Such a lovely cruise
They woke at 7, were drunk at noon
But when they got home, it was something new
Just months in, she get accustom to her husband’s feuds
He would snap for the smallest things
And turn and call her some appalling things
She thought never from a man I call my king
Not to mention all the negative tension that alcohol can bring
It’s hard when even your fam coach you
Like he works hard, see the stress that man goes through?
Plus, he’s never really laid a hand on you
Don’t be dramatic, honey. You’ll make it work
You love your man, don’t you?

[Chorus]
Wise I turned my back on you
I fell flat on my face, but didn’t knew
Wise I turned my back on you
I fell flat on my face, but didn’t knew

[Verse 2]
Over the year, it gotten way worse
Now her honeymoon was when he would go off for the day’s work
Even up to when she gave birth, he’d say she lazy
But now he make a comment ‘bout her wright first
When you have someone depreciate your value
Let you know that life’s a road he can pave without you
It makes you feel insignificant
When every time you speak, he just treat you like you’ve been insolent
The abuse is psychological
A man can make you feel as small as a tiny molecule
And you feel like time’s an obstacle
Stick it out for the baby, but you feel the climb’s impossible
Soon, she would have a second child
She has to face the man with honesty now
Couldn’t accept it now
Hoping he would go the extra mile
And he did… to the bar
Now she knew there was no reconcile

[Chorus]
Wise I turned my back on you
I fell flat on my face, but didn’t knew
Wise I turned my back on you
I fell flat on my face, but didn’t knew

[Verse 3]
She was now a shell of her former self
She couldn’t ask for nobody in her corner’s help
She gave up faith and the lord as well
Battle demons all night makes waking up in the morning hell
He was sorry, but no apology came
A sorry excuse for a man who was causing her pain
But suddenly one night in August it changed
“Why is daddy always yell at mom and calling you names?
Mommy, don’t be sad, don’t cry no more”
Her unhappiness she knew she couldn’t hide no more
She got her kids, says she’s leaving, packing all her bags
He said “good riddance, I know that you’ll be crawling back”
He waited for her, that’s what arrogance does
He never called the kids, that’s the parent he was
And soon the old her would reemerge
Turned her back on the past to face the future she deserved

[Chorus]
Wise I turned my back on you
I fell flat on my face, but didn’t knew
Wise I turned my back on you
I fell flat on my face, but didn’t knew