Tono: G
Introducción:
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A father?s son, but yet so distant.
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A teenage boy, who couldn?t fit in,
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with the laws my daddy laid out for me.
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I ran away, I broke the rules,
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Hardheaded, thinking I was so damn cool.
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My father told me to grow up, and at that time
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I had had enough,
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I left home, and I change schools.
Because the
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pathway of a man becomes a lot in just so little.
D C
Blink too slow, you might just miss it, leave you
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caught up in the middle.
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Realize what you?ve done, give thanks and say your prayers.
D G
You have a life in front of you, so live it from right here.
verse 2
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Mama took me in, her baby boy.
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Thought I?d do right, and seek the Lord.
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But God knows I never really tried.
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Until that day I became a man,
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I stood in line and raise my hand.
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took that oath swore to defend.
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Two years later, I couldn?t comprehend.
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12 months of dragging boots through the sand.
Because the
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pathway of a man becomes a lot in just so little.
D C
Blink too slow, you might just miss it, leave you
E G
caught up in the middle.
E C
Realize what you?ve done, give thanks and say your prayers.
D G
You have a life in front of you, so live it from right here.
verse 3
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Got a girl at home, baby on the way.
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Six months left, so I couldn?t stay too, long.
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But his blue eyes looked up at me,
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And I realized who I could be.
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A father trying to raise his son,
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the way my family had done, for me.
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So I called my dad and thanked him so
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For all the times he held me close
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When I was lost and I could, not see
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So I called my mom and thanked her so
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For all the times she prayed for me
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Jesus turn this boy into, a man
Because the
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pathway of a man becomes a lot in just so little.
D C
Blink too slow, you might just miss it, leave you
E G
caught up in the middle.
E C
Realize what you?ve done, give thanks and say your prayers.
D G
You have a life in front of you, so live it from right here.