i swear to tell the truth and nothin but the truth so help me god i just felt like tellin the story of my life felt like maybe somebody could be inspired you know we all feel pain we all go through things but its time to overcome all thatif your plane crashed in the water and everybody died would you drown on purpose or try to survive i was born handicapped my arm wouldnt move they called me a cripple pops caught a attitudebeat my moms smoked lye drove trucks my moms had a miscarriage he didnt give a fuck he sniffed some coke come home beat up on my moms cause shes talkin on the phone come onall i ever wanted all i ever wanted all i ever needed all i ever needed was a father was a father thats all thats all all i ever wanted all i ever wanted all i ever needed all i ever needed was a father was a fathermoms got tired of the beatings said yo we got to go packed up her bags we bounced out the door she said i aint takin these whippins no more i wanna live to see my little todd growi remember tear drops on my pops face lookin down at me standin on the staircase handsome brother with a smooth goatee makes me wonder why he act so ugly you feelin meall i ever wanted all i ever wanted all i ever needed all i ever needed was a father was a father thats all thats all all i ever wanted all i ever wanted all i ever needed all i ever needed was a father was a fathermy pops got drunk when me and my moms bounced swigged some jack dan sniffed up a ounce grabbed the shotty left long isle for queens possessed by a demon a devil it seemedi was too young to understand the risk when your moms come home off the midnight shift she turned around heard the shotgun click my pops said you think that you could leave mehe blasted my moms in the back she fell down screamin i cant forget that my grandfather tried to close the door he got shot ten times in the stomach yo for realall i ever wanted all i ever wanted all i ever needed all i ever needed was a father was a father thats all thats all all i ever wanted all i ever wanted all i ever needed all i ever needed was a father was a fathermy head was spinnin i had never seen blood four years old this dont feel like love anyway pops disappeared grand pops and moms healed up over the yearsthis therapist got up in her head led her to believe without him shed be dead you know they fell in love with one another everything seemed right thats word to motheruntil i started gettin beatings everyday sometimes for goin outside to play late at night on my knees id pray a young child wishin the pain would go awaydad where was you when he made me strip beat me with belts like a slave with a whip kicked me down steps outside in the snow punched me in the chest stomped me out on the floorthats just the tip of the iceberg look its too long for a song but perfect for a book word is bond thats real babyall i ever wanted all i ever wanted all i ever needed all i ever needed was a father was a father thats all thats all all i ever wanted all i ever wanted all i ever needed all i ever needed was a father was a fatherall i ever wanted all i ever wanted all i ever needed all i ever needed was a father was a father thats all thats all all i ever wanted all i ever wanted all i ever needed all i ever needed was a father was a father a father a father a father a father a shoulder a helperall i ever wanted all i ever wanted all i ever needed all i ever needed was a father was a father thats all thats all all i ever wanted all i ever wanted all i ever needed all i ever needed was a father was a father