Mother

I was making faces at my brother Come on, tell your sister that you love her, don't lie I know we got problems, that's just family And God knows what we carry from our history, don't hide From my body and my mind, body and my mind Hurt in the bloodline I'm gonna break Oh, mother Why I gotta be like that? I know it's been bad, bad, bad, bad, bad But we don't have to carry on the past Oh-ooh, mother I don't wanna be like that I know it's been bad, bad, bad, bad, bad But I won't let my baby live with any of my past Heavy, heavy heartbreak made our country Why does mamma India feel so far from me? Don't hide All these little boys were putting hands on where they probably shouldn't Really wish that touch was something that we didn't have in common Always lives in my body, body and my mind, body and my mind Hurt in the bloodline I'm gonna break Oh, mother Why I gotta be like that? I know it's been bad, bad, bad, bad, bad But we don't have to carry on the past Oh-ooh, mother I don't wanna be like that I know it's been bad, bad, bad, bad, bad But I won't let my baby live with any of my past I wanna break the cycle, I got all your tears ending up in mine I wanna break the cycle, leave the bad, bad, bad, bad I wanna love, to lost, to love and give my baby a chance That I never had Oh, mother Why I gotta be like that? I know it's been bad, bad, bad, bad, bad But we don't have to carry on the past Oh-ooh, mother (mother) I don't wanna be like that Oh, I know it's been bad, bad, bad, bad, bad But I won't let my baby live with any of my past