Josie Lyrics

Yeah

I know

I know

Brett's an alcoholic

Betty's got a problem

Popping prescription that

She's getting from her doctor

And neither pay attention

To they daughter

When their baby girl

Was only looking for a

Shoulder she could cry on

But they both too busy

Dealing with they problems

To understand all the damage

That they leaving on their child

By the time they realize

Shell be old enough to

Incorrectly wear it

Like a badge of honor

Instead of knowing that

Her past don't define her

Too young to understand that

Her trauma lives behind her

It was the courage

That she had, the strength

She had to muster

Just to go through life

Without a mother

Cause the nights be so cold

When you feel so alone

And your home never

Feels like a home

Moms at it again, cheap lipstick

Smeared on her lips

She's outside flirting with Ben

That's the neighbor

But can you blame her

Her husband isn't stable

A gambler, betting all his

Money at the stables

And then he

Comes home drunk

Slams her on the table

Then he stomps her

Like its fable

And little Jo saw

The reflections

On the tv from the table

The only time they got to

See the cable, didn't waver

Jo's crying in bed, wondering

If all of her friends

Can recognize they moms

Screaming, yelling in pain

Or is it just unfair that God

Chose her to have to endure

All the pain that she bears

Does God even care

Little Jo went looking for joy

At 13 fell in love with a boy

That boy's Clarence

Clarence is a felon

Little delinquent making money

Off the heroin

Got her addicted to the tar

Had her twisted selling cookies

Out the jar, Close to the tree

The apple will fall

When you plant it

In the same yard

Plenty of nights wondering

If she'd be well off

But pain only last so far

Jo thought she loved

A movie star, but she was

Sleeping next to evil

He was slipping her the needles

And then he started

Tricking her to weirdos

So she got pregnant at 15

But josie was happy

She's 'bout to be a mother

In the summer

Until Clarence got to beating on

Her stomach

The same way daddy

Been beating on her momma

She thought it meant that

Clarence loved her

But she kept looking

In the mirror

She couldn't fight the feeling

Of a stranger who was

Dancing with the devil

And Jo was fed up

She went searching

For the needle

But Clarence came in

Screaming

And Josie tried to reason

Shut the fuck up

Shut the fuck up come here

In that moment she was hoping

He would kiss her

Say that he was tripping

Say he loved the baby and her

But he went reaching for

The Wesson in the dresser

He was tripping on like 10 Percs

He started shooting

Till he hit her

And now her stomach bleeding

She went sinking to the floor

She couldn't feel the heartbeat

Just like that the baby's gone

And the next few days

Were such a blur

She would've birth a baby girl

But instead she birthing trauma

That'll always stay with her

(That'll always stay with her)

Clarence went to prison

Police sent Josie to the system

Surrounded by

Misfortunate children

Who get the cold shoulder on

The coldest of Christmas

Where there's no love

For the wicked

Josie resorted to snorting

But cant forget about aborting

So she started stealing

Clothing just to fit in

Felt disgusted by her own skin

And she tired of the sleeves

Just to hide her battles

With the depression

Terrified of first impressions

Lived it all with no hope

Got the boot at 18

Had to walk out the door

Had to surf it in basement

In the city ghetto

Got a job and an old Nintendo

Started buying retros

When you've never had any

You just really want to ball

Love the feeling spending money

You just want to buy it all

Instead she started taking classes

And she fell in love with

College campus

Mopping floors

And cleaning windows

There's no point in being choosy

When you been broke

Fast forward a couple years

Jo smiling at a picture

She was holding in her hands

Of her momma and the man

When they were younger

In embrace

With big smiles on their face

Placed it on the fireplace

Walked away with grace

In a dress that'll kill at the Gala

That she paid for in cash

When she walked inside of Prada

No more stealing from the store

She a doctor

And she run her own

Practice in Atlanta

And every Christmas she

Pretending that she Santa

Delivers presents to the children

That don't have none

And spoil both her

Parents like she's grandma

See Josie understands that

Trauma's generational

And she knows

That they were children who

Needed all the love that Josie

Needed too

And they never chose the hell

They had to make it through

All the abusing that made

Them hateful

That made them chose drugs

To withdraw

From a home that knew love

Gave them both depression

Made them anxious and

Made them hate the felling

When they looked at Josie

And they felt hopeless

You see

They were also victims

Of they own

So Josie broke the cycle and

Embrace them and she

Showed them how to love

(And she showed them how to love)

And the only reason that

I put it all in song

Is to remind you that

You never know the

Battle someone fought

Josie could

Josie could be your mom

Damn

Fuck

Tell somebody you love them

Today

Don't wait 'till tomorrow

Pick up your fucking phone

Go see them in person

Tell somebody

You love them

Beause you never know when

It's too late

NoizeHouze