[Refrain]

I need somebody, won't you help me?

I need somebody, won't you tell me who I am?

[Verse 1]

I've been living a lie so long, it seems I've lived a lifetime

If you could see what I feel, it'd make your ghetto look like Heaven

And I believe it stems down from my family situation

I never liked my old man and couldn't stand to be around him

Sometimes, I sit all alone just staring at his picture, yeah

My heart turns to stone and I think of this

[Refrain]

I need somebody, won't you help me

I need somebody, won't you tell me who I am

[Chorus]

You never loved me, you never held me tight

Instead you shook me like a fist to wake me up at night

You tried to make me think that your ways were best

When all I was was an outlet for all your stress

[Verse 2]

Life — it's the ultimate sin

A game with no rules that you're expected to win

My personal hell's hidden with a grin

Dad, take the stand and let the trial begin

You said that oil and water don't mix, though it seems cool

Keep with your own and don't fuck up our gene pool

You should've went to school like your bigger brother

But you played the fool with a different color

Running ship with a whip

I tried to keep up, but I kept getting tripped

If money made you so wise

How could you look through my face and not see your own eyes?

Do as I say and not as I do

But I can't 'cause when I look in the mirror, I see you

And oh, the pain, how it hurts

It was always your home and your business that came first

You said a man is as good as his word

But your mind was closed and mine never heard

My visions blurred, thoughts obscured

And with my blinders down. I strayed from the herd

They say the nut don't fall far from the tree

Look at you, then look at me

[Chorus]

You ain't nothing to me, you've never been to me

And all you ever gave a fuck about was money, see

So now fuck you, man, you ain't shit to me

And it's the day when I die of this hate that I'm free

[Verse 3]

Now I know growing up, son, that it ain't always been easy

And I know at times I was not always there for you

No, we never spent much time just talking or having a good time

But understand growing up son, I never had a dime

So I worked my ass off and I put myself through college

And everything I have to this day, you know I built it all

Oh, I wish I could go back and change the years that's been lost between us

I wish I could take back some of the things I said to you

Son, I said I'm sorry, but still you resent me so

Son, I said I'm sorry and why do you resent me so?

[Chorus]

I always loved you, I always cared for you

Just never wanted you to go through what I've been through

I tried to raise my fucking family just the best I know

And now I'm hated like the Devil and for why, I don't know

[Interlude]

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Ah!

Uh, uh

Ah! Ah!

[Refrain]

I need somebody, won't you help me?

I need somebody, won't you tell me who I am?

I need somebody, please, please help me

I need somebody, you must tell me who I am

[Bridge]

Hey, hey, hey, tell me who I am

Hey, hey, tell me who I am

I am, I am, tell me who I am, am, am

Tell me, tell me

[Outro]

If it looks good, you'll see it

If it sounds good, you'll hear it

If it's marketed right, you'll buy it

But if it's real, you'll feel it