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You Call Me a Daughter But You Were Never a Father


As a kid, all you did was scream, tweak and drink

you would make my momma cry when you lied and was there for everyone but us

you call me a daughter but you were never a father...

you'd leave me, but always keep my siblings, but I'm your daughter too... right?

you say you love all your kids, but yet I was the one you always left behind.

you call me a daughter but you were never a father

if you were a father then where were you while your daughter lied in a hospital bed being told she would never walk again?

well, of course, you were in another woman's bed because you call me a daughter but you were never a father

all you did was hurt us and bring us pain yet try to bask in my accomplishments every time I advance

but that's because you began to realize you never left the past

we've moved forward you've stayed the same now you cant call me a daughter because you finally realized 

you were never a father...

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