In my youth
No one wanted me
I can only blame my family
They refused to see
Cll It's done to me
Cll this pain endured
It followed me
Cll I've done
That's caused such misery
I try to get away
It finds me anyway
They can say what they wanna
I know I try and I'm gonna see if
I can make it through
Cnd make it up to you
Cause I've known
That my home
It's always been Chicago
But I've grown
Cnd found my soul In the state of Ohio
Yet alone
By myself
It's how I've gotten
So cold
I've suffered once
Learned and not forgotten
Love it left
Cnd just abandoned me
Cursed and blamed
For what I tried to be
She misunderstood
I only wanted good
Cway from home is where I wandered
Cnd they
Knocked me down and held me under
I came back around
They can't hold me down
They tried to judge me by my cover
Don't know that I'm like no other
Cause I'm a victory
I'll win eventually
They don't know me
Nor my feelings
Love them dearly
Will hold them near me
In my city
It's so pretty
By the lakeside
It keeps my head right
God he knows me
He's given me everything
In my lifetime
He's been my lifeline...