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[00:12.24]As  far  back  as  he  cares  to  remember,
[00:13.92]he  used  to  see  his  old  man  lose  the  temper
[00:17.87]And  Mama's  pretty  face  would  catch  it  all.
[00:19.70]On  a  regular  basis  the  nest  would  fall
[00:23.97]But  he  was  always  safe  from  dads  rage
[00:25.65]cause  mama  sacrifice  in  his  place.
[00:28.75]Two  dozen  years  of  the  blood  sweet  and  tears.
[00:31.39]Avoid  the  mirror,losin'her  hair  from  the  fear.
[00:35.20]She  never  left  him,stayed  inside.
[00:36.57]He  beat  her  ass  up  until  the  day  that  he  died.
[00:39.82]In  fact  the  biggest  beating  was  the  day  that  he  died.
[00:42.66]Cause  now  it's  too  late  for  her  to  make  a  new  life.
[00:45.71]She  gets  to  mourn  for  the  touch  of  a  punch.
[00:49.22]Won't  ever  admit  that  she  ain't  clutching  at  much.
[00:52.06]Some  day  she'll  die  and  still  wont  be  done.
[00:54.19]The  anger  lives  on  through  their  son.
[00:58.04]Cause  he  saw,he  caught  it  all,
[01:00.83]a  childhood  of  watchin'ma  and  pa  get  raw.
[01:02.76]It's  too  bad  for  him;Naw'that's  half  the  truth.
[01:05.80]Cause  you  back  with  him  now  and  he's  smackin'you.
[01:08.75]What  happened  to  you?You  don't  have  a  clue.
[01:12.15]Did  your  mamma  use  to  suffer  accidents  too?
[01:14.07]I  never  knew  that  you  would  stand  for  abuse.
[01:17.27]I  guess  I  just  assumed  you'd  pack  up  and  move.
[01:21.33]Think  about  when  you  left  him  last  time,
[01:23.97]said  out  loud  you'd  never  forgive  his  past  crime.
[01:26.31]Sunglasses  so  dark,scarf  around  the  neck  to  cover  the  choke  marks.
[01:31.65]And  since  you  got  it  just  a  fire  returnin'.
[01:35.31]You  convinced  yourself  that  he's  just  a  hurt  person.
[01:37.64]You  wanna  blame  that  cross  he  bares,
[01:40.34]but  his  pop's  not  there  when  he  tosses  you  down  stairs.
[02:06.98]Let  me  be  the  last  to  say,please  don't  stay.
[02:15.51]Let  me  be  the  last  to  say,you  won't  be  okay.
[02:27.12]Please  put  your  shoes  on  and  step  into  that  warm  leather.
[02:32.39]Go  get  yourself  a  more  better  forever.
[02:34.98]Gotta  put  it  down,you  gotta  leave  it,
[02:38.53]and  don't  ever  come  back  again;You  gotta  mean  it.
[02:41.12]Just  tear  it  all  apart  and  build  new,
[02:44.22]cause'if  you  don't  kill  him  he's  gonna  kill  you.
[02:47.16]You  can't  hold  hands  when  they  make  fists,
[02:49.92]and  I  ain't  the  first  to  say  this  but,
[02:53.52]Let  me  be  the  last  to  say,please  don't  stay.
[03:05.02]Let  me  be  the  last  to  say,you  won't  be  okay.
[03:39.55]Let  me  be  the  last  to  say,please  don't  stay.