Ode to the Deadbeat Dad

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Pro Green was right when he said I weren't even bad
I was just a kid wondering what I did wrong "dad"
Living the cosy life with your family in the Isle of White
Raising your new kids, like yeah this time I got it right
I was the should've been
The could've been
The abortion that didn't happen
The kid you wanted till you didn't
Her mum?
You mistreated her
Beat her
Belittled her
Like the shit on your shoe
All along the bad guy wasn't us
It was you

You thought you were a big man then
Better still when you reached out
The only thing big is your waistband now
18 years passed you thought I'd give a shit?
For a man that isn't it?
Ha no. You're nothing
Never have been and never will be my dad
You missed your chance and I'm glad
Stepped down and a real man took your place
When I think of the man to walk me down the aisle
I see his face
The man I look to
My superhero
My best friend
To me you're dead
No funeral no note
Best thing you ever did for me was walk out and never look back
Cause the image of the back of your head
Helps me sleep when I lay down in bed

My two girls will never know you
Never mourn you
Never want for you
Like a ghost in the air
Gone but not there
The "dad" of a little girl who deserved better

In this game you wanna play
Looks like I won
With A dad and a mum
3 brothers and a sister
All I can lean on
While you pray that I miss ya
4 "siblings" I don't know
Damn they're strangers
Don't get it twisted I bare them no ill thoughts
But trying to get a relationship from them
Is like trying to get blood out of a rock
Useless and pathetic
Like their good for nothing dad
Pity for them
Indifference for you
So I guess this whole time it was you who's the shit on MY shoe

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⏰ Last updated: Jan 10, 2022 ⏰

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