Left To Raise Our Daughter

Left To Raise Our Daughter

Lyrics

[Verse 1]

You left to put flame to the foil

Chasing ghosts in the corner of the room

I was holding a baby bottle and a lawyer

Same day I watched you choose your doom

Left me to raise our daughter

Tiny socks by the sink

Bills on the table

She asking why you ain’t in the picture

I’m stalling

Saying you just ain’t able

I’m standing on business being a man

One hand in the dirt

One hand on the plan

You somewhere shaking

I’m somewhere breaking

Trying not to hate you

But I kinda can

[Chorus]

You left to put flame to the foil (why you go like that?)

Left me to raise our daughter

Patch my soul with that soil

I’m standing on business

Even when my heart’s in the toilet

Got a smile on my face but inside I’m paranoid (yeah)

You left to chase that poison

We stayed with all this disorder

I’m tucking her in at night

Trying not to mention your name

You left to put flame to the foil

I stayed here and married the pain (married the pain)

[Verse 2]

I’m moody

I admit it

Short fuse when the rent due

Scars still vivid

She spill juice

I overreact

Then catch myself

’Cause I see your shadow every time I snap

Can’t help

Therapist saying “let go”

But she look just like you when her eyes get low

Same laugh

Same little head tilt

I’m paying for your choices with my guilt

Phone buzz

Another unknown number

I don’t answer

I don’t need your thunder

Last time you called

You was nodding

Talking slow

Said you love her

Then hung up before the “hello”

[Chorus]

You left to put flame to the foil (to the dark, to the void)

Left me to raise our daughter

Teach her love ain’t a ploy

I’m standing on business

Even when my voice destroyed

Got this ring of responsibility I never avoid (never avoid)

You left to chase that poison

We stayed to sift through the wreckage

I’m reading her bedtime stories

Editing you out the sentence

You left to put flame to the foil

We stayed here

Learning the difference (yeah, the difference)

[Bridge]

One day she’ll ask me straight

“Did you try? Did you fight? Did you wait?” (did you wait?)

I’ll say I loved a woman that couldn’t love herself

Then I loved you through her

When there was nothing left

[Chorus]

You left to put flame to the foil (why you go like that?)

Left me to raise our daughter

Build a life from the void

I’m standing on business being a man

Breaking cycles I loathed

Heart heavy but my back won’t fold (won’t fold)

You left to chase that poison

We stayed and rewrote the story

I’m tucking her in at night

Letting go of all that worry

You left to put flame to the foil

We stayed here and found our glory (found our glory)

Details

GeneratedMar 27, 2026

Duration3:15

LanguageEnglish

Style

Moody, medium-tempo hip-hop ballad; sparse boom-bap drums and warm bass under a melancholy piano loop. Male vocals, close-mic, confessional tone. Verses are raw and conversational with subtle harmonies on key phrases; hook swells with layered ad-libs and filtered vocal doubles. Occasional reversed vocal textures between sections for tension, leaving plenty of space for the lead to spill emotion., moody

Credits

Prompt byLazyCrush577

ModelAria v5

Prompt

Make a song about lost love, Joe Budden inspired. Phrases like you (she) left to put flame to the foil, left me to raise daughter standing on business being a man moody medium tempo lyrics