daddy why did u do that to mommy? 

you said if we hit somebody we're suppose to say sorry 

but you never say sorry daddy you yell now 

why did you tell that man that mommy just fell down 

mommy didnt fall down daddy's lying 

mommy why are you always sad and always crying? 

daddy why are you always mad you always fighting? 

why do you always say im bad even when im trying? 

no i dont want to go to my room 

i dont want to go to bed now i want to be with you 

i dont want to daddy it's to early 

i didnt mean it daddy im sorry im sorry 

i promise i'll never say that again 

im sorry daddy please dont hit me again 

please i'll be a good boy now 

dont put me in the room please dont turn the lights out 

(what did i do? 

im sorry daddy that's all i want to say to you) 

CHORUS 

where?where were you? just when i needed you 

daddy where were you 

where?where were you?just when i needed you 

mommy where were you 

(golden child) 

what up pops i aint got to tell you my heart is as hard 

as a rock things have changed since i was the age six 

yet some situations stay the same like the way 

i conceal my pain growing up i'd swear 

my name was every profane thing a man could say 

i used to make excuses like you werent the one that hit her 

it was just the liquor in ya my dad 

the perfect example of hatred and why am i so bitter? 

ya told me real men dont cry that was a lie 

you dont relize what goes on inside of my mind 

as time passed my heart ran cold my emotions froze 

lost track of the bruises and the broken bones 

just once wanted to hear that you loved me 

wrap your arms around me and hug me yeah right 

remember the first time i couldnt feel the pain 

it was when grandma came and took me to church 

where God releived the hurt and he knows it took work 

but i forgave you he could save you but the question in 

will you let him in it would be such a blessing 

to see you as a changed man and holdin my mothers hand 

CHORUS