[Verse]
Outcast, the black sheep grazing in the dark
Family ties frayed, now they pulling at the heart
Said I’d never make it, left me cold in the frost
Now they knocking on my door, counting up their loss
Fingers stained with betrayal, ink on my skin
Wrote my pain in verses, where do I begin?
"Forgive us," they plead, crocodile tears flood
But a wound don’t heal when it’s sealed with mud
[Chorus]
I let 'em in my head, but never in my home
A bridge once burned, can't be built from stone
They’ll never change, that truth ain't a lie
I forgave their words, but I ain't blind
[Verse 2]
They called me bitter, said I’m stuck in my ways
But I’m just wiser, saw the same old plays
Family ain't blood, it's who stays when it rains
They gave me storms, now they begging for the rays
"Come back," they said, with voices so sweet
But their footprints still dirty, and my soul won’t repeat
Built my own table, no room for the fake
Sat at theirs starving, now I’m full off my plate
[Bridge]
Pardon, but no entry, love from afar
Y’all the same folks who left me with scars
I see through the smiles, the cracks in the mask
Change ain't in y'all, I ain’t scared to ask