He's been abandoned his whole life

If loving me is hard, I apologize

If I push you away, promise you'll stay by my side

He's been broken, traumatized

Yeah, yeah, uh

Yeah, yeah, yeah, dawg, uh

Yeah, yeah, yeah, dawg, uh

Okay

I can remember

Gotta remember way back when

Since a small, small kid

I didn't ever have no friends

'Member Daddy went to prison

Uncle Derek took me in

Then Uncle Derek went to prison

That's when my troubles began

Mama went off and found her some happiness, she got married

Missin' my daddy badly, I turned my back on the family

That left me lookin' for love in all the wrong place

Now my heart that was so full of love is full of hate

Everybody that I invested trust turned to be snakes

Everybody that I invested trust turned to be fake

I know you're frustrated, you want me to open more

But it takes a strong, strong heart to heal a broken soul

He's been abandoned his whole life

If loving me is hard, I apologize

If I push you away, promise you'll stay by my side

He's been broken, traumatized

Yeah, yeah, uh

Yeah, yeah, yeah, dawg, uh

Yeah, yeah, yeah, dawg, uh

Now here's a toxic  trait that I have

I beg for distance when I'm mad

But bein' distant, we won't last

And if it's best for you, then go be free

But if you plan on comin' back

Then, baby, you shouldn't leave

'Cause by the time that you get back, I'll be gone

Too scared of bein' alone, and where I lay my hat's my home

And I know that you're frustrated

You want me to open more

But it takes a strong, strong heart to heal my broken soul

Broken soul

Broken soul

Yeah

He's been abandoned his whole life (His whole life, his whole life)

If loving me is hard, I apologize

If I push you away, promise you'll stay by my side (Whoa, push you away, yeah, if I push you away)

He's been broken, traumatized (He's been traumatized, traumatized)

Yeah, yeah, uh (Yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah)

Yeah, yeah, yeah, dawg, uh (Whoa-oh)

Yeah, yeah, yeah, dawg, uh (Whoa)