Baby Boy

Baby Boy, born healthy, born strong.
Had innocence and so much life.
Mommy's love, sister's hand, daddy's hurt.
Baby boy, what went wrong?

Thirteen years to the day, who had any though?
Mommy's dead, sister's sick, daddy's fists.
It wasn't suppose to be this way.
Don't be what you were taught.

You hid the scars so well, my dear.
That no one had a clue.
Sister's death, daddy's back, no more money.
What are you to do?

Seventeen is just a test of who you're going to be.
It's hard to see past one dose of coke.
Or girls on corners of streeets.
Baby boy, soon you will see.

Baby boy, all grown up, with all the things you've seen.
I've known you from the start of it, when you were just thirteen.
Now you're safe and happy, but I know what you went through.
Baby boy, you never knew.