Key: G
Introduction:
Em C
I wrote this song for my father
G D Em C G D
Sometimes I feel he never gave a damn about me
Em C G
Though he raised me like he should
D Em C G D
Did he understand me? No, no, I don't think so.
Em C
I wrote this song for my mother
G D Em C G D
She had to leave me, when I was younger
Em C G D
She said son, seek this life, and keep an open mind
But in my mind's eye...
C Em
I am free now
G D
Free to live without my fears
C Em
I believe now
G D
There's a reason why I'm here.
Em C G D
It's to try and do good
Em C G D
It's to try and do better.
Who will I be for my daughter?
C
Can I be a man?
Em
One that understands
G D
How to love more patiently
C Em
I'll be free now
G D
I'll be free now.
Em C
And we dream of the day, when our kids can play
G D
In the streets with no fear of them being taken away
Em C
Fathers raise their sons with respect and love
G D
Handle anger and pain with no need for no guns
Em C
If we hope to be free it takes you and me
G D
To start over here and now
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'Cause this world is, the way it is, it's how we raise our kids.
Em C
I wrote this song for my mother,
G D Em C
wrote this song for our father
G D Em C
So hopefully we can come together
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And hopefully make things a little better.
I am free now