May the sweat of my brow
drip down into ink
flow out of this pen
everything but the sink
escape from my heart
like it was years in the clink
May the past not repeat
memories made of lightning
count down to the thunder
the truth may be frightening
with no rock to hide under
There won't be an encore
life's a one hit wonder
When my father loved lying
more than my mother
though it made me who I am
it fucked up my brother
forced me to build a family
from pieces of others
new siblings selected
now thicker than blood
they deserve to be respected
and they know who they are
stepped up when I needed
bandaged my wounds
when it was sanity I bleeded
so that someday I might be
a better tree than was seeded
Grow up from that compost
that resembled my life
and bloom into something
worthy of my wife
and the love of my son
who looks up with pride
I can't be like my genes
they're stained with such failure
it took the effort of my homies
to wash out the trailer
to remind me each day
that I only look like my dad
it's all up to me
to be good or be bad
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