(All I ever wanted) All I ever wanted (All I ever needed) (Was a father) I swear to tell the truth and nothing but the truth, So help me GOD I just felt like telling the story of my life Felt like, maybe somebody could be inspired, you know?

You gotta get, that, dirt off your shoulder This isn't what I wanted to be I never thought that what I said would have you running from me, like this If you feelin' like a pimp nigga, go and brush your shoulders off Ladies is pimps too, go and brush your

I should have cheated, cheated, cheated I should have cheated on you I was everything you wanted and more Nobody told me I was dating a whore I'm talking about you All that time, I was hypnotized While you uh, behind my back Now my mind keeps me up all

Tell the children the truth Rebel, rebel! Come on and tell the children the truth We refuse to be What you wanted us to be We are what we are That's the way it's going to be, if you don't know You can't educate I For no equal opportunity (talkin' 'bout

This fire burns, always. Even through the darkest days, This day is mine. The passion inside me, Is burning, is burning. All I've ever wanted was destiny to be fulfilled, It is in my hands, I must not fail, I must not fail. This is the broken ground

Is this what you wanted to be Alone standing by yourself Is this all you wanted to be It's stranger than fiction How you've decayed It must be so lonely Lost within your ways Or was that a cry for help By yourself, by yourself, by yourself

'Cause all we know is falling, it falls And remember, 'cause I know that we won't forget at all It takes some time to let you go And it shows This isn't what you wanted We've tried so hard to understand But we can't We held the world out in our hands

She's a diamond on a landmine Better watch your step Alone at last, I can't wait 'till we're alone at last All I wanted was a second chance, second chance To hold you in my arms at last Forever, forever I'll walk a thousand miles Just to tell her, to

I wanted to be stronger I wanted to be everything for you If I could be stronger would you believe That I could love you like you want me to? Love me like you want me to Like you want me to And I think I don't really get it I think it's all just a

Honey, honey how you thrill me, aha, honey honey Honey, honey nearly kill me, aha, honey honey I'd heard about you before I wanted to know some more And now I know what they mean You're a love machine (oh, you make me dizzy) So stay on the ground girl