Father's Eyes (feat. Stan Walker)

Keep thinking shit gon' get better

Had to make it through the rain 'cause life don't stop for the weather

Had to change my life around 'cause I forgot my endeavours

If I ain't do this for my daughter, what the fuck would I tell her?

Huh, I kiss her hair when she asleep

Think about the times when I was down and I was weak

When she was just a newborn, I was out here in these streets

I was consuming anything that made me feel like I was free

But I was hurt and I was empty, I was dead inside

Couldn't count how many days I made her mother cry

We was young and full of problems we ain't put aside

Dealing with some trauma, we forgot that she was on the ride

I finally understand this was the same for my mum and my dad

I was twenty-one, but they was even younger than that

Mum was sixteen and pregnant when she finally had

Her first born and my father would finally become a dad

Unaware of what it takes, shit, he was only a kid

I couldn't blame him for the things that he eventually did

As I get older, I can see through all the cracks that he slipped

And it's a shame but it is what it is and I'ma keep on singing

If you can see it through my eyes (If you can see it through my eyes)

Then you can see how hard I try, yeah (Then you can see how hard I try)

Feels like around and 'round we go

And we won't stop 'til I say so

So come and take a look inside

These father's eyes

I've seen the world through my father's eyes

And through the lies, it took a lot of time to realise

Everybody got they struggles in this game of life

I did the same shit, so really, who am I to criticise?

I changed my life and went a different route

Found the strength through my daughter and finally made it out

So many parents never find the strength to make it out

We're focused on the ourselves, but the seeds we planted have gotta sprout

So if you're fortunate to make a life

Then you owe it to that kid to really raise 'em right

'Cause they ain't asked to be born and shouldn't have to fight

These battles that we fought ourselves through each and every night

It's up to us to break these cycles now

Learnt that shit from my mother, you always made us proud

Made sure we never went without

A father to my daughter, that's my mother's love without a doubt

If you can see it through my eyes (If you can see it through my eyes)

Then you can see how hard I try, yeah (Then you can see how hard I try)

Feels like around and 'round we go

And we won't stop 'til I say so

So come and take a look inside

These father's eyes

These father's eyes

Mmm, yeah, mmm, mmm

These father's eyes