Chris Brown — I Needed You

[Intro] Every child grows up, with the thought of being something special in life But what happens when the one that they depend on the most is never there? [Verse 1] Told that I'm supposed to fail I wouldn't amount to much of nothing Yes, I pray There was days I wondered if you really loved me But baby, you feel pain Mama was sane when I felt like running away I couldn't take it I soon hit 10, angry with all of the world I couldn't keep friends, just wishing you'd come back and see My difficult times being an adolescent And like so many just like me without a shoulder to lean [Chorus] I needed you when I needed a father figure I needed you to stop me from making the wrong decisions At 17, when the cold of the world had my back up against the wall [Post-Chorus] I need, I needed you Every child grows up, with the thought of being something special in life But what happens when the one that they depend on the most is never there? I need, I needed you [Verse 2] Told that I'm supposed to fail I wouldn't amount to much of nothing Yes, I pray There was days I wondered if you really loved me But baby, you feel pain Mama was sane when I felt like running away I couldn't take it I soon hit 10, angry with all of the world I couldn't keep friends just wishing you'd come back and see My difficult times being an adolescent And like so many just like me without a shoulder to lean [Chorus] I needed you when I needed a father figure I needed you to stop me from making the wrong decisions At 17, when the cold of the world had my back up against the wall When temptation was calling me, didn't know which way to go I needed you I need, I needed you I needed you I need, I need you 17 when the cold of the world had my back up against the wall When temptation was calling me, didn't know which way to go [Verse 2] Mama had no financial help And thoughts of breaking the law came See her hurt tryna hold down two jobs Was tearing up on me Had a way All my friends was getting it in It came time for me to get that dough Wrong or right I had to go for what I know [Chorus] I needed you when I needed a father figure I needed you to stop me from making the wrong decisions At 17, when the cold of the world had my back up against the wall When temptation was calling me, didn't know which way to go I needed you I need, I needed you I needed you I need, I need you 17 when the cold of the world had my back up against the wall When temptation was calling me, didn't know which way to go [Outro] Lord I pray, give me strength to forgive them and not all the I hate I got Even though the pain sometimes as too heavy Lord I pray, show me all brothers growing up without a father How to turn with a day adolescent to a legacy, Lord I pray From the knowledge I ain't get, God, you gave me And temptation was calling me, didn't know which way to go