(Verse 1)
Listenin’ to the mirror it tells me I look just like you, nigga/
But I always told myself that I’d be nothin’ like you, nigga/
My reflection’s the essence, where pain lies/
I’d commit suicide just to know the pain dies/
Swear we got the same eyes, from the color to the shape/
Because all yours saw was drugs, all that my two saw was hate/
Yours were seein’ what you made/
Mine were lookin’ at my dad/
I had visions of the future, you had visions of the past/
Man, this shit so hard to grasp/
Hard to hide so it’s exposed/
You can tell that I’m your child, man I even got your nose/
I smelled your bullshit and you did crack/
And now I’m sniffin’ too, just tryna hold them tears back/
And not to mention same lips, same hands, God/
Affliction, witnessin’ your addiction landslide/
I vow to be the man I know that you could never be/
Our name’s the same so I’m runnin’ from the legacy.

(Chorus)
And I don’t need no hook for this/
And I don’t need no book for this/
I just wanna tell you what I’m feelin’/
From the pain that I’m revealin’, know your son is still healin’/
Your son is still healin’/
Your son is still healin’/
I just wanna tell you what I’m feelin’/
From the pain that I’m revealin’, know your son is still healin’.

(Verse 2)
You were breakin’ promises while I broke rules, but/
That didn’t last long/
Because from makin’ those mistakes/
I was only gonna end up right in your shoes/
And so I played it cool/
And hit the books to cope through/
But ‘cause you never told me life’s a lesson/
Got lost and stumbled as I tried to find the right direction/
And had you told me ‘bout the birds and bees and right protection/
I would’ve never slipped up and got my girlfriend pregnant/
Question, how could you not be there for me?/
And when I needed help, why weren’t you my therapy?/
Man, I swear to be/
A better father when I have mine/
Yeah, I’ll be there for every second, I’ll be on time/
And I would never put my hands on their mother/
My baby girl will know without a doubt her daddy loves her/
Please help me get a grip because I’m losin’ it/
And my son won’t witness drugs ‘cause he walked in on his daddy usin’ it.

(Chorus)

(Verse 3)
You gave nothin’, showed everything/
And still I love you for that/
I learned to persevere because I watched you struggle, in fact/
I’m contending adversity to get these words out/
But I got that body builder life, so it’s gon’ work out/
As I make sense of what you’re goin’ through/
I’m glad to see the poison no longer controllin’ you/
It’s been about two years now and you inspire me/
You kicked them rocks, congratulations, your sobriety/
But them life-sized nightmares, kept you from dreamin’/
Of a life that was cleaner than the one that you were leadin’/
Now you’re dealin’ wit’ it/
But I won’t add to the conflict/
‘Cause it ain’t easy wit’ diabetes as a sidekick/
Life is schoolin’ you so I wait for your graduation/
You’re better than your circumstances and your situation/
It’s taken patience/
Just know our name’s the same/
And I look just like you, my nigga/
Let the legacy reign.

(Chorus)

(Outro)
And I don’t need no hook for this/
And I don’t need no book for this/
I just wanna tell you what I’m feelin’/
From the pain that I’m revealin’, know your son is still healin’/
Your son is still healin’/
Your son is still healin’/
I just wanna tell you what I’m feelin’/
From the pain that I’m revealin’, know your son is through healin'/
I can feel the wounds healin’.