My Broken Life
My Broken Life
All my life I have been running from the sting of the knife
My Dad never provided enough
Which eventually just made me tough
As a child I was wild
I didn’t know what was right
And always got into fights
On the street I had to stay on my feet
And be careful for however I meet
Most of the time there were guns
And I would have to run
My Dad was so bad
It made me sad
You see; he was on drugs
And all I ever wanted was a stupid hug!
I felt like I had to run a mile
Just to see if he could make Mom smile
I could see the lies in his eyes
All I ever wanted was to lie in bed and cry
I got abused left confused and bruised
And I wanted to do was blow a fuse
My Dad didn’t hurt me just a tad
It made me so mad
But I was too scared of the horrors
Behind my bedroom door
I never left it because I knew my father was in dept
And never to except I was there
Just to listen to him be mad and swear
There was no food on the table anyways
Because my Dad was stuck in his drunk daze
My life was something I thought I couldn’t fix
Only at the age of six
Then one day my Dad got fired
And Mom was sick and tired of being with him
And in bed I laid
I overheard my Mom say she was not going to stay
And was going her separate way
My heart started to rapidly pump
And I felt like I just hit a big bump
I thought life wasn’t fair
And my armor that I wore just tore
It was so sad watching her walk out that door
So now a days when I hear my father’s name
It brings me pain and shame
So my life just broke I tripped over the rope
And started to smoke loosing hope
I didn’t have a dime my mind was lost in time
But then everything changed when I wrote down that rhyme
I started to win no more sin just had my mind and my pen
My life started to happen and then I was rap’ in
Then before you know I was behind that curtain ready to put on a show
Everything was working
No more hurting.
I would take my bow
And live for the now
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