When My Daddy Was Around

Yo So I'm sharing this story about my dad Hope you enjoy When my daddy was around I felt the love surround It pounded through my veins now I'm falling like the rain (Yeah) When my daddy was around I felt the love surround It pounded through my veins now I'm falling like the rain (Yeah) When my daddy was around I felt the love surround It pounded through my veins now I'm falling like the rain (Yeah) When my daddy was around I felt the love surround It pounded through my veins now I'm falling like the rain (Yeah) When I was a boy yeah My dad bought me a toy yeah From the two dollar shop My mum told him to stop My dad and my mum weren't doing so well They told each other to go to hell While my dad fell Had to hear them shout Every day every hour Every day felt so sour Eventually we moved out We drove down to my grandparents one day Hoping they'd give us a place to stay After that I got to see my dad once a week I missed him it felt bleak yeah I wanted to start a streak Where I saw him a lot But at least I got to see him whether or not (Yeah) We would band together and not untie our knot Went out for lunch but mum and dad would always crunch My dad had committed a crime with her He never learned he hadn't earned her trust He thought he must he probably still had a lust But she left him in the dust He was a veteran at heroine Buried in his pillows acting like the weeping willows (Yeah) One day my parents fought I don't know what he thought he could achieve He didn't even reach his goal it took it's toll on me I know that underneath he feels shit And thinks he's unfit for parenting Gave up and the drugs sunk in You were out there getting high While I'm in here writing shit (Aye aye) I wish my parents didn't collide Because their relationship had died For you and I you had to lie I wish you made my mum your bride I know you didn't try (Nope) Get rid of your white lady You made me You called my mum your baby Maybe you should think next time (Yeah) It's hard not having a dad It makes me feel bad inside I'm always sad I miss you When I am alone at night I stare up at the moon (Aye) I see you in the stars and sky And hope I see you soon (I hope I see you soon) When my daddy was around I felt the love surround It pounded through my veins now I'm falling like the rain (Yeah) When my daddy was around I felt the love surround It pounded through my veins now I'm falling like the rain(Yeah) When my daddy was around I felt the love surround It pounded through my veins now I'm falling like the rain (Yeah) When my daddy was around I felt the love surround It pounded through my veins now I'm falling like the rain (Yeah) Falling like the rain Falling like the rain yeah Falling like the rain Falling like the rain yeah