Dogs Like Me

Mother, dogs like me Don't like it when you Look them in the eye Grandma, snakes like me Don't like it when you Try to shake their hands I wish you knew The things I went through Every time we had a family meeting I thought I was a loser I though I was a freak Setting up rules My small ass didn't understand Now give me the hard Give me the hard hand Setting up rules My small ass didn't understand Now give me the hard Give me the hard hand Father, Butterflies like me Don't like it when you Take them for a walk Granddad, octopi like me Don't like it when you tell them To toughen up I wish you knew The things I went through Every time we had a family meeting I thought I was a loser I though I was a freak Setting up rules My small ass didn't understand Now give me the hard Give me the hard hand Setting up rules My small ass didn't understand Now give me the hard Give me the hard hand I know that you think that our childhood was good But my little brother and I were a pack of wolves Mimicking sheep, kicking out teeth And itch that won't ease Please Little did we know It was all the violence that showed The church, the school, the wars The sexism, racism, classism The be quiet, be nice, be normal The rush of our hormones Setting up rules My small ass didn't understand Now give me the hard Give me the hard hand Setting up rules My small ass didn't understand Now give me the hard Give me the hard hand Setting up rules My small ass didn't understand Now give me the hard Give me the hard hand Setting up rules My small ass didn't understand Now give me the hard Give me the hard hand