i needed you
Told that I was supposed to failI wouldn't amount to much of nothin'.Yes, I prayThere was days I wondered if you really loved me."But, baby, you feel pain"Mama would say when I felt like runnin' away.I couldn't take it.I, soon, hit ten, angry with all of the world.I couldn't keep friends, just wishin' you'd come back and seeMy difficult times being an adolescent.And like so many just like me, without a shoulder to lean.
I needed youWhen I needed a father figure.I needed youTo stop me from makin' a wrong decision.At seventeen, when the cold of the world had my back up against the wall.
I need, I needed you.I need, I needed you.
Told that I was supposed to failI wouldn't amount to much of nothin'.Yes, I prayThere was days I wondered if you really loved me."But, baby, you feel pain"Mama would say when I felt like runnin' away.I couldn't take it.I, soon, hit ten, angry with all of the world.I couldn't keep friends, just wishin' you'd come back and seeMy difficult times being an adolescent.And like so many just like me, without a shoulder to lean.
I needed youWhen I needed a father figure.I needed youTo stop me from makin' the wrong decisions.At seventeen, when the cold of the world had my back up against the wall.When temptation was calling me, didn't know which way to go.I needed you.I need, I needed you.I needed you.I need, I need you.Seventeen when the cold of the world had my back up against the wall.When temptation was calling me, didn't know which way to go.
Mama had no financial helpAnd thoughts of breakin' the law came.Seen her tryna hold down two jobs was tearin' up on me had a way (had a way).All my friends was gettin' in itIt came time for me to get that dough.Wrong or right I had to go for what I know.
I needed youWhen I needed a father figure.I needed youTo stop me from makin' the wrong decisions.At seventeen, when the cold of the world had my back up against the wall.When temptation was calling me, didn't know which way to go.I needed you.I need, I needed you.I needed you.I need, I need you.Seventeen when the cold of the world had my back up against the wall.When temptation was calling me, didn't know which way to go.
Lord I pray. Give me strength to forgive them and not all the I hate I got. Even though the pain of this was too heavy. Lord I pray. Show me all brothers growin' up without a father had a turn with a day adolescent to a legacy. Lord I pray.)
From the knowledge I ain't getGod, you gave me.And temptation was callin' me, didn't know which way to go.
I needed youWhen I needed a father figure.I needed youTo stop me from makin' the wrong decisions.At seventeen, when the cold of the world had my back up against the wall.When temptation was calling me, didn't know which way to go.