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Hush baby girl


All I ever knew was my mom to be the devil

My grandma to be an angel saying

hush baby girl

Mommy's doin drugs, Daddy’s unknown, brother’s are bums

Grandma loving me more than anyone possibly could, singing,

hush baby girl

Flash forward sixteen years, regretting my grandma

Wishing mommy was around, wishing daddy was found, my brother’s are role models

Dreaming of that day when my grandma held me and said, 

hush baby girl

All I was ever told grandma’s the devil, mommy is dead, daddy’s not real

My brother’s to be thieves and stoners but they continue to say

Hush baby girl, 

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Always left in last with tears choking me, and all i can say is, 

hush baby girl

All I ever believed my past to be the devil, future to be an angel with the dream that

one day i will be on top of the world counting money, thanking grandma, my husband holding a little one of our own singing 

Hush baby

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But for now I will continue to listen to everyone singing 

Hush baby girl 

 

 

 

 

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