Dream Mclean - Bruises lyrics

[Verse 1] Misunderstood Are you still a bad person if you wish you were good? I'm a young mother with another one on the way I just made a f**ing mistake I told him, yeah I told him it's this It was a Friday last week, I was going for drinks I wasn't faithful, I'm sorry, it was only a kiss Haven't felt loved, felt like you didn't even know I exist He said "you know this is it" He got my throat in a grip, he said "you hoing little b**h Gotta go for this sh**", he's pulling hair and stuff Getting aggressive, his bad temper's flaring up And there ain't one thing funny about hearing your sun Scream "mummy" cause he's scared for ya I said "Who's gonna be here for us if you leaving me? I was always there for ya when you needed me" He used to tell me how his dad used to beat on his mum I never feared that was the man that he could become But that was when it hit me Cause that was when he [Hook] Hit me hard Hit me hard, hit me hard Oh, it hit me hard Hit me hard, hit me hard [Verse 2] I don't really remember my dad, mum said he used to hit her So I never wanted to meet him Now I'm grown with a son of my own And I just found out his mother was cheating I don't f**ing believe it, now this discussion is heated I told her "f** you, I'm leaving", she said "You're really gonna walk out on your son when he's sleeping After all them times that we talked about your old man?" "Nah f** you, don't talk about my old man, don't you dare compare me to him If I ain't there for you, I'll always be there for my kids" She said "if I can't have you, no one can Not your son, no other girl, no one, man" She's crying, she's trying to fight I'm holding her back, so she picked up a knife from the side And said "an eye for an eye, you're tryna take my life away I guess your life's on the line, I'm taking what's rightfully mine" I look her right in the eyes Said "put it down, f**ing hell, you ain't right in the mind" But no, she started swinging so I started swinging And just as the alarms in my mind started ringing The knife hit the floor, then she did No blood on the blade, but she's bleeding I must've hit her bad, I go to help her up See my son standing in the hall looking at his dad, and that [Hook] [Verse 3] And now I've got bruises on my heart, bruises on my lip They say you should never forget, you should just forgive But I can't forgive you for this, for this Can't be the life you would ask to give to your kid Nah, take a look at me, take a look at him Take a good look cause you ain't looking again I can't believe you, how could you raise your hand to me? It ain't just me you're hurting here n***a, this is a family Single mother, I'm all alone now I'd rather that than be a victim in my own house This is my own house Stay away from me, stay back, just stay back She's telling me to stay back Looking in my eyes like she's scared of me, I hate that I bet she hates that too, and when my son grows up I bet he hates Dad too Dislike his daddy, just like his daddy History repeating itself His story repeating itself Yeah, this'll be how he must've felt And now I can't raise my child because I raised my palm And that cuts me deep, razor sharp You've gotta play your part, play your position If I could go back, then I would change how I did it But I did it, I f**ing wish I didn't but I did it [Bridge] There's still damage when the bruises are gone When the bruises are gone, maybe I was bruised all along There's still damage when the bruises are gone When the bruises are gone, maybe I was bruised all along They argued all night, it turned to a fight She hit him in the face so he hit her back harder Now he'll never get to see his son grow But he saw himself grow into his father We argued all night, it turned into a fight I hit him in the face so he hit me back harder Now I'll never let him see his son grow Cause I saw him grow into his father We argued all night, it turned into a fight She hit me in the face so I hit her back harder Now I'll never get to see my son grow But I saw myself grow into my father They argued all night, it turned into a fight Mummy hit him in the face, Daddy hit her back harder Now without a male role model in my life Who knows, I could grow into my father It hit me harder [Hook] Oh, it hit me hard