Every child grows up. With the hope of being something special in life. But what happens when the one that they depend on the most. Is never there.... Told that I was supposed to fail. I wouldn't amount to much of nothin'. Yes I pray. There was days I wondered if you really loved me. But baby you feel pain. Mama was sane when I felt like runnin' away. I couldn't take it. I'm so hinted angry with all of the world. I couldn't keep friends. Just wishin' you'd come back and see. My difficult times being an adolescent. And like so many just like me without a shoulder to lean. I needed you. When I needed a father figure. I needed you. To stop me from makin' the wrong decisions. At seventeen. When the cold of the world got my back up against the wall. When temptation was calling me. Didn't know which way to go. I needed you. I need I needed you. I needed you. I need I needed you. At seventeen. When the cold of the world got my back up against the wall. When temptation was calling me. Didn't know which way to go. Mama had no financial help. And thoughts of breakin' the law came. Seein' her tryna hold down two jobs. Was tearin' up on me had a way (had a way). All my friends was gettin' in it. It came time for me to get that dough. Wrong or right. I had to go for what I know. I needed you. When I needed a father figure. I needed you. To stop me from makin' the wrong decisions. At seventeen. When the cold of the world got my back up against the wall. When temptation was calling me. Didn't know which way to go. I needed you. I need I needed you. I needed you. I need I needed you. At seventeen. When the cold of the world got my back up against the wall. When temptation was calling me. Didn't know which way to go. And Lord I pray give me strength to forgive them. And not hold all the hate I've got. Even though the pains from this was too heavy. And Lord I pray show my younger brothers. Growin' up without a father. How to turn what they have less into a legacy. And Lord I pray. From the knowledge I ain't get. God you gave me. When temptation was calling me. Didn't know which way to go. I needed you. When I needed a father figure. I needed you. To stop me from makin' the wrong decisions. At seventeen. When the cold of the world got my back up against the wall. When temptation was calling me. Didn't know which way to go