Intro (spoken, dark beat)
Yeah…
This ain’t sympathy.
This pain.
Hook (sung / ballad style)
You could’ve been my hero…
You could’ve been my home…
You could’ve held your daughters close
Instead of letting go…
I see the man you were before,
I hate the man you chose…
I loved you… but you turned into a ghost.
Verse 1 (aggressive rap)
Look —
You had demons in your blood, I seen ‘em when you snapped,
One minute you a father, next minute you collapsed.
Broke promises, broke hearts, broke our trust in half,
We just little girls tryna breathe through the cracks.
You checked doors, held heat, made sure we was straight,
But the pipe called louder than the love we tried to make.
You was supposed to be a shield, you was supposed to be our cape,
But you traded all that for another escape.
Hook
You could’ve been my hero…
You could’ve been my home…
I waited on your footsteps,
Now I walk this road alone…
I loved you when you were sober,
I feared you when you froze…
You could’ve been my father…
But you turned into a ghost.
Verse 2 (aggressive)
I ain’t wanna fear you, I wanted you proud of me,
Instead I learned silence, how to hide, how to breathe.
Watched you shake, watched you fade, watched the lies you feed,
Every time the itch hit, you lost a little piece.
You were gentle with protection, rough with the pain,
Two faces in one mirror, both wearing the same name.
I still got love but it hurt like rain,
Loving someone who don’t love they self is insane.
Bridge (soft, sung)
And I know… pain changed you…
But it wasn’t fair… it reached me too…
Final Hook (bigger, higher)
You could’ve been my hero…
You could’ve been my light…
But the drugs pulled you deeper
And we lost you every night…
I carry both your versions
In my heart, my veins, my bones…
I loved you as my father…
Even when you weren’t home…
Outro (spoken)
I’m not broken…
I’m stronger.
But you were my first heartbreak.
