I am my father's son
and the things my father did
are things that I have done
my father started his habits
when he was young
he drank, he cussed, he smoked
he ran away from everyone
he tried to shoot himself twice with a gun
and he broke my mother's heart
when he slept with other women
it drove our family apart
when I was sixteen
I got into cocaine
and even if I didn't mean
for it to escalate
my addiction rose along
with self hate
eventually I turned to other drugs, too
herion, lsd, weed, and ectasy
I was trying to erase memories of you
at eighteen I got into the business
of selling myself like nobody's business
I was desperately lonely
and looking for love
if I had only
looked up to above
I am my father's son
and the things my father did
are things that I have done
my father knocked my mother up with me
then he married her because her father said so
but if he ever truly loved her
I'll never know
at twenty, I made a mistake
I followed my father and did the same
so five months after getting her drunk
her daddy convinced me to give her my name
I've never been sure if I really love her
because sometimes I just don't love anyone
and sometimes I'm scared that
I'm nothing more than my father's damn son
Because I'm scared that
I am just my father's son
and everything he did
are things I will have done
by the time I'm dead and buried
you could look at our lives
stand them side by side
and not be able to tell a difference
between us
but I may be my father's son
and some of the things he did
I have already done
but I am not the same man as him
I am not my father, I'm just his son
and I will not let the worst of him in
because I am not my father
even if I'm his son
