bruises

Lyrics

a philosophy, you won't be scared of the big bad wolf, if your house is always made of bricks, and so it is, she let the wrong man come inside, 'cause her house was only built of sticks as a kid, she had to blossom in the shade, problem became the only thing she knew about herself was her name, so she struggled with the embarrassment and the shame, and now she's scared to love 'cause she remembers the pain, she remembers a way, she remembers the day, and she was scared to tell her father 'cause of what he would say, and 'cause of that, she's still dealing with it today, i could swear that there's some bruises that ain't goin' away, oo, she got bruises, hey, that never went away, bruises, yeah, that never went away, oh, i'm gon' heal you baby, i will make sure you can love again, i met her when she was 17 and i was up by a year, she hadn't told me why i couldn't whisper words in her ear, or why whenever i would kiss her, she would quiver with fear, and how why even when she laughed i could still see a tear, but man, she's so beautiful and i want her to know it, so when she finally told me man, i fuckin' exploded, i take a gun to a nigga, in a second unload it, who the fuck would have a child and in a second disown it?, not to mention what you did to a woman's emotions, how everyday she got to walk the hall and keep her composure, harder past brings emotions even as she gets older, thanks to you mu'fucka, i can barely even hold her, oo, she got bruises, hey, that never went away, bruises, yeah, that never went away, oh, i'm gon' heal you baby, i will make sure you can love again, i'm gon' heal you baby, i will make sure you can love again