[Chorus:]
Grandmama tried to tell me how to live my life
I wish I had've listened to her
Granddaddy always told me how to live my life
I wish I had've listened to him
My mama tried to show me how to make things right
I wish I had've done somethin when I coulda done somethin
Now it's too late (late)
I said, now it's too late...
[BRIDGE:]
"Man, where you headed?" (Where you headed)
"I lost somethin in my past
Now I got ta go back there an' get it"
They like
"Man, forget it, that's long gone...
...Long gone"
[VERSE 1:]
Might'a been the women
But then again, it might'a been the life I was livin'
Or the place I was living in, it might'a been a prison
Or maybe not
But it still remind me of a prison...
I was conditioned to be selfish
Actin' like I was born an a**hole, and couldn't help it
Bullsh**, and they smelled it
Mom's words didn't work, but my grandpa's belt did
Hangin' downside-up at the dump
Wit the fire leapin' up and my L.A. Gears meltin'
Didn't learn me nuthin
Still grew up dealin' that white like a milkman
Instead of doing things right, I'd be out all night
Cuz the party don't stop, *uhn*
Not until you reach rock bottom
Washing down pills with vodka
Wind up either dead, or locked up
At 7 years old, thought I knew it all
At 11 years old, thought I knew it all
.....16 years old, thought I knew it all
Now I'm 29 years old, don't know it all
And I don't know at all
Could always know a little more about
Love and hate/peace and war
I ain't never been out of Canada before, except
Trips to Maine, but that don't count much
Sudbury, Ontario, at 12, once
How much more can I limit myself, huh
How much more can I limit myself, it's like...
[BRIDGE]
"Man, where you headed?" (Where you headed)
"I lost somethin in my past
Now I got ta go back there an' get it"
They like
"Man, forget it, that's long gone...
...Long gone"
[Chorus:]
Grandmama tried to tell me how to live my life
I wish I had've listened to her
Granddaddy always told me how to live my life
I wish I had've listened to him
My mama tried to show me how to make things right
I wish I had've done somethin when I coulda done somethin
Now it's too late (late)
I said, now it's too late... (now it's too late)
[VERSE 2:]
I grew up in the world with two mothers
Since then, it was only the two of us
At one point, I hated who I was
Asked Mom, "why couldn't you use rubbers?"
Any fool with a dick can have babies
But it takes a man to raise one
Sowing seeds is only phase one
You gotta stay the course, not stay away
You say "abortion"/ I say "mistake" cuz
I gave it all to mine
I felt bad when I had Alyssa
Cuz her dad was missin'
Or mad faded all the time
Spent more time hustlin' for d**
Gettin drunk, creatin' more of them rhymes
Than I did with my kid from birth to age 5
And then again from 7 to 9
That's why they like...
[BRIDGE]
"Man, where you headed?" (Where you headed)
"I lost somethin in my past
Now I got ta go back there an' get it"
They like
"Man, forget it, that's long gone...
...Long...long...long...