[Verse 1]
Hand-me-down shirt
Name in the dirt
Family photos on the wall
I'm cropped out, hurt
Kitchen table talk
I'm the subject they avoid
Every question that they ask
Feels like proof I'm just a void
You said, "Why can't you
Be more like your brother?"
So I learned to love the dark
More than any kind of mother
[Chorus]
I'm the black sheep child, yeah, the one you hide
You don't say my name when your friends drop by
You clap for them, but you stare through me
Turn my wins into "we'll see"
I'm the black sheep child, bruised but loud
If you never felt me, you don't get me now
You never were proud, never were proud of me
So I'll be proud for the both of us, finally
[Verse 2]
Report cards, late calls
You only spoke when I slipped
Never hugged me when I passed
Only grabbed me when I tripped
Birthday cake, plastic smiles
You were scrolling through your phone
How you got a house that full
But your kid feels this alone?
You said, "You'll regret
All the ways you waste your time"
Funny how the only thing I lost
Was the hope you'd change your mind
[Chorus]
I'm the black sheep child, yeah, the one you hide
You don't say my name when your friends drop by
You clap for them, but you stare through me
Turn my wins into "we'll see"
I'm the black sheep child, bruised but loud
If you never felt me, you don't get me now
You never were proud, never were proud of me
So I'll be proud for the both of us, finally
[Bridge]
Maybe I'm the curse you claim
Or maybe I'm the mirror, same
Maybe all this shame you threw
Was the part you hate in you (yeah)
So keep the house, keep the frame
Keep pretending I'm to blame
I'll keep my scars, keep my truth
'Cause I built a life outside of you
[Chorus]
I'm the black sheep child, watch me cut these ties
Turn that quiet pain into battle cries
You clap for them, but you stare through me
I don't live for what you see
I'm the black sheep child, bruised but loud
I was never yours to measure or disavow
You never were proud, never were proud of me
But I'm still here, and that's enough for me