[00:01.09]I wanna sing' I wanna shout.
[00:05.46]I wanna scream till the words dry out.
[00:09.96]So put it in all of the papers' I'm not afraid.
[00:15.76]They can read all about it' read all about it' oh.
[00:23.64]Nothing to hide
[00:24.32]Suffered and cried
[00:25.34]Strife made me tougher
[00:26.83]Never
[00:27.08]The trouble I rise above all
[00:29.97]Expectations to get rep
[00:31.98]Ain't never begged yet
[00:33.67]When I wanted to get pence' hustle'
[00:35.04]To be' I'm exactly what my neck says.
[00:37.10]Saying I tried to cash in on my Dad's death'
[00:39.47]I wanted to vent 'stead I said nothing at all.
[00:41.59]After all you were never kind to me'
[00:44.09]Family is something that you never been to me'
[00:46.40]In fact making it harder for me to see my father was the only thing that
[00:49.77]You ever did for me.
[00:51.20]I wanna sing' I wanna shout.
[00:54.88]I wanna scream till the words dry out.
[00:59.58]So put it in all of the papers' I'm not afraid.
[01:04.98]They can read all about it' read all about it' oh.
[01:08.75]
[01:17.98]Dear dad'
[01:19.92]As a kid I looked up to you'
[01:21.10]Only thing was I never saw enough of you.
[01:23.53]The last thing I said to you was I hated you'
[01:26.05]I loved you and now it's too late to say to you.
[01:28.43]Just didn't know what to do or how to deal with it'
[01:31.19]Even now deep down I'm still livid.
[01:33.63]To think' I used to blame me'
[01:35.69]I wonder what I did to you to make you hate me.
[01:38.06]I wasn't even 5' life's a journey and mine wasn't an easy ride.
[01:40.74]You never even got to see me rhyme'
[01:42.99]I just wish you woulda reached out'
[01:44.74]I wish you woulda been round when I been down.
[01:47.73]I wish that you could see me now'
[01:49.67]Wherever you are I really hope you found peace.
[01:51.29]But know that if I ever have kids'
[01:53.28]
[01:54.54]Unlike you I'll never let them be without me.
[01:57.17]I wanna sing' I wanna shout.
[02:01.12]I wanna scream till the words dry out.
[02:05.67]So put it in all of the papers' I'm not afraid.
[02:11.21]They can read all about it' read all about it' oh.
[02:17.14]I write songs I can't listen to
[02:19.89]Everything I have I give to you
[02:22.02]In every one of these lines I sing to you.
[02:26.28]My job's more like public service
[02:27.98]My life just became yours to read and interpret.
[02:30.35]If you heard it will come across a lot different at times
[02:32.99]I throw fits when I read how they word things.
[02:35.38]You see me smile
[02:37.26]Now you're gonna have to see me hurt
[02:40.16]Coz pretending everything is alright when it ain't' really isn't working.
[02:44.59]I wanna sing' I wanna shout.
[02:48.46]I wanna scream till the words dry out.
[02:53.01]So put it in all of the papers' I'm not afraid.
[02:58.46]They can read all about it' read all about it' oh.
[03:03.92]I ain't censoring myself for nobody
[03:07.11]I'm the only thing I can be'
[03:12.79]All that is good' all that is bad' all that is' me.
[03:22.21]I wanna sing' I wanna shout.
[03:26.64]I wanna scream till the words dry out.
[03:31.45]So put it in all of the papers' I'm not afraid.
[03:37.92]They can read all about it' read all about it' oh.