Child of the Government

Oh, hey, I just, uh I was just gonna tell you that, uh I just, uh, well, I just got I guess I got nobody to talk to, really Father Youngblood took the children down To the water With the cross and the Bible They were taught to pray But they left their hands up high Grandma was young when the baby came And she was locked up in a white room, raining The nuns held the key While they made her sign her name They took my daddy away My father's blood is mine His story beats inside me And now I share it here with you Yeah, he's a child of the government (Yeah, he's a child of the government) Mixed up the bloodline, lost to his people Broken and cursed, they wrapped him in evil Smile for the priest, now God save the banknote This is a song about a child of the government Cuts and bruises Drugs and alcoholic I just saw my father and he fell down Now he's empty calling Hands in ring, he's all in Toothless fighter, makes me cry Yeah, he's a child of the government My father's blood is mine His story beats inside me And now I share it here with you Yeah, he's a child of the government (Yeah he's a child of the government) (Yeah he's a child) (Yeah he's a child of the government) I won't wear a cross I won't say his name I won't kneel down in dirty water I won't pray lies and I've been baptized What doesn't kill you makes you a monster There's a lot of things that the government blacked out But, you know, like, I mean no matter what happened I'm just, you know, I'm really grateful for you in my life 'Cause it's been difficult, um And I guess I passed a lot of that onto you and, uh You know, uh, you know we're doing the best we can And life, and life's awesome