Mama Says

Squatting downtown without a dime to my name

watching cars and people pass by

To someone like me they all look the same

vacant faces like a deer in headlights

I can hear their footsteps like tires to the pavement

window-shopping every store

Selling premium healthcare, tropical vacations

all the things I know I will never afford

18 years old, fresh faced and defiant, I left everything I knew

with just the clothes on my back

With the sun on my face and the west coast calling

I was ever so confident I’d never lose track

But the years they pass, and not much to show

but these scars and memories

But I pick myself up, regain my composure

keep on living day to day

This is the price I pay, this is the path I chose now

pull the bootstraps up to my chin

Every worn out cliche that I've ever heard, yeah

It's kinda hard to start

when you don't know where to begin

Hey mama, you always said, life's a bitch, then you die

Hey mama, I never expected you'd be so goddamned right

Hey mama, you always said, life's a bitch, then you die

Hey mama, I never expected you'd be so goddamned right