Verse 1] Stephanie, you told me everything was on me Every scream in that house somehow became my story You said your sickness, your stress, your pain, your heart All of it was my fault from the start You’d say, “Look what you’re doing to me again,” While I was just a kid trying to understand How a child becomes the villain in her own home How I learned so young I was already alone I remember brushing knots from my own hair Crying in the mirror wishing someone cared Nobody showed me how to grow into myself I had to raise a child that nobody else helped [Pre-Chorus] And kids aren’t supposed to carry that weight They’re supposed to feel safe Not learn survival before they learn their name [Chorus] Stephanie, you told me I was the reason you broke Every heart scare, every time you choked Said your heart attacks were because of me Like a child holds that responsibility Maybe you were sick, maybe you were hurting too But blaming your daughter was never something you should do And whether by anger or by default You still made me carry all the fault Now I’m undoing curses you put in me Trying to learn the woman I was never taught to be [Verse 2] I never had a childhood, just survival mode Watching everyone else get love I never got at home Girls learned makeup and braids from their moms I learned silence and how to stay calm No one taught me what to do when my body changed I figured it out alone through confusion and shame Trying to learn womanhood from whispers and friends Because asking you only started fights again You were supposed to guide me through growing pains Instead, I learned how to hide bruises and blame And now I’m grown still fixing parts of me That broke when you refused to see [Pre-Chorus] And maybe you were drowning in your own mind But you left your daughter behind [Chorus] Stephanie, you told me I was the reason you broke Every heart scare, every time you choked Said your heart attacks were because of me Like a child holds that responsibility Maybe you were sick, maybe you were hurting too But blaming your daughter was never something you should do And whether by anger or by default You still made me carry all the fault Now I’m undoing curses you put in me Trying to learn the woman I was never taught to be [Bridge — breaking, angry] A child doesn’t ruin a mother’s life A child doesn’t cause a heart to fail at night A child doesn’t deserve to feel like a curse Just for being born into something worse You say you did your best — maybe you believe that’s true But your best still broke something in me too [Final Chorus — emotional release] Stephanie, I’m still healing from your storms Still learning love doesn’t have to come with war Still teaching myself things you never showed Still unpacking pain I was forced to hold And I hope one day you understand the cost Of a daughter who felt forever lost But this curse ends here with me I’m finally learning how to be free [Outro — soft] I was just a kid And I deserved a mom

Mom part two