Bad Seeds Lyrics

Nobody cares unless you're bringing something to the table They ain't real, they just leeches hooked to your cable

Family's just a label, blood ain't thicker than spit They'll smile in your face, but turn around and quit

I grew up running wild, no chains, no plans Just a crew of lost souls with bottles in our hands

Drugs in our veins, rebellion in the air Half dead, half alive, and nobody cared

Now those days feel like a dream from another time Some locked up, some dead, and some lost their minds

The few still grinding, we don't speak that much Guess adulthood made the streets lose their touch

But those memories linger, like ghosts from the past Whispering reminders of a life built to crash

Now I'm stuck in the middle, trying to pave a new way But I see my old self in my kids every day

We were bad seeds, growing wild and untamed Now we raising bad seeds, caught in the same game

Trying to break the cycle, but it's hard to escape Cause family ties don't bind when the branches break

Looking at my siblings, like strangers in disguise Smiles turn to daggers, I see it in their eyes

Loyalty's a joke when the bonds don't hold They'd sell your soul for a taste of gold

We shared a childhood, but the love is gone Now it's all fake hugs, and moving along

The streets raised me more than my blood ever did Taught me survival when I was just a kid

Lost in Illinois nights, chasing highs and thrills Trading innocence for scars and unpaid bills

But now I'm older, trying to steer the next gen Showing my kids a life where the cycle don't spin

But how can I teach what I barely learned? The fire's still burning, though the tables have turned

I'm haunted by shadows of the man I became Trying to guide my kids while I shoulder the blame

We were bad seeds, growing wild and untamed Now we raising bad seeds, caught in the same game

Trying to break the cycle, but it's hard to escape Cause family ties don't bind when the branches break

Dead friends haunt me, their laughter's now a ghost Sibblers turn strangers, the ones I needed most

I gave and I gave, but they still took more Now I'm slamming shut, every open door

Let them knock, let them beg, I won't pick up the call They weren't there when I stumbled, only there for the fall

The family tree's rotted, the roots can't sustain So I'll grow my own garden to cover the pain

My son's got my temper, my daughter's got my drive They're reflections of the reasons I fight to survive

I see the streets in their eyes, hear the echoes in their tone And it chills me to the bone, cause I know it's my own

How do I save them when I'm fighting myself? Carrying generational curses like books on a shelf

I'm trying to write a new chapter, I knew it's the doings I'm a-stinking, damn the fire, then the shit that's been us

We were bad seeds, growing wild and untamed Now we raising bad seeds caught in the same game

Tryna break the cycle, but it's hard to escape Cause family ties don't bind when the branches break

We were bad seeds, growing wild and untamed Now we raising bad seeds caught in the same game

Tryna break the cycle, but it's hard to escape Cause family ties don't bind when the branches break