Generational Trauma Lyrics

Generational trauma, generational drama

We carry sins from our fathers and pass em on to our daughters and sons

We swear on the moon we'll rise above

The demons mixed in our blood, you hide but can't run from

Generational trauma, generational drama

Learning about the ways of the world from role models

That say they gon make you stronger, say that they'll never falter

Teach you to stand tall and promise they'll never let you fall down

Oh

Who you running from? Who's in your rear view mirror?

What's running through your blood? Who's got control of the wheel?

When you be struggling to steer, you be fighting these fears

And you're fighting these demons that manifested through years

Of being led by example we take the mantle of fool

Passed down for generations til it ends up with you

Then they try to give you shit but we learned from watching you

Then they claim it's do as I say not as I do

Like don't step foot in this house if you're drunk

But look at momma with the bottle she can't give it up

Rocking in her arm chair and the whiskey's right there by her side

And she wanna tell you 'bout wrongs and rights

But fuck that

Cuz you're grown now and she can't tell you nothing

So you take to the liquor like gamblin' man takes to bluffing

But you forgot you got these vices running through your bloodstream

Another addict in the making cuz it's just routine

In this machine it's genetics and percentages

Odds stacked against your benefit and hope it never hits the ones you love

Cuz even if the habits never take you're leaving

Scars from the broken glass from when the bottles break

Cuz we all come from pain and pain is universal

Cuz the ones that came before you are the ones that really hurt you

And you'll hurt the ones that follow cuz this life goes in circles

But understand your purpose and you'll overcome the hurdle of

Generational trauma, generational drama

We carry sins from our fathers and pass em on to our daughters and sons

We swear on the stars we'll rise above

The demons mixed in our blood, you hide but can't run from

Generational trauma, generational drama

Looking your baby boy in his eyes and then you promise

To never be like your father, love him like no tomorrow

Teach him to stand tall and pray you'll never let him fall down

Oh

Oh

Yeah

I had a vision of a family wife and kids and picket fence

And I saw the scene with clarity sincerely

I hoped that this scene would become reality

Til I realized all the bullshit built up inside of me

Groomed for infidelity, bringing out the jealousy

Deceptively telling lies that could benefit me selfishly

The scene ends destructively, battles held for custody

I lost everything I ever wanted and it fucked with me

I've seen my destiny won't let it get the best of me

It ain't a self-fulfilling prophecy it's legacy

It's where I come from and everything I run from

Another broken home so we don't understand love

Grandfather beat my father and his father beat him too

So how the fuck am I supposed to do better than they do?

How the fuck am I supposed to raise a son and give him all the tools to succeed

When my biggest role model was a fool?

My daddy let me down in ways that's hard to understand

He hurt my momma and for that I won't forgive the man

I know he did his best but his best wasn't good enough

But look at where he came from, why should I hold him

Up to standards that's unreachable? Like you can't make

A broken man get up and be a perfect father that's unteachable

Yet I still need him to but ain't nothing that we can do

But try to make it work considering what we been through

I've been the bigger man, and I've got growing pains from

Sorting through this trauma trying to see the plan

Wish I could say the same for those who came before me but I guess I can't

The cycle ends with me I hold the future in my hands

And I still love my ancestors despite it all

I can still see the beauty in their flaws

There's lessons to be learned not to repeat all that I saw

And when it comes time to build a family

You know I'll never let them fall