I made sacrifices, I been ballin' ever since And I'm convinced We seein' so many blessin's, shit don't make no sense Someone watchin' over us, so shout goes out to him Yeah, I'm convinced Someone watchin' over us, so shout goes out to Yeah, I did some

Over there in the shadows, hangin' out in the corner of my mind Stringing up the gallows, waiting for me to cross that line That man's dangerous as hell, a threat to himself, If he got out there'd be hell to pay. And that's why, my dark side, don't ever

Oh, I hate it when that happens to me Dog bites man, man loses girl Well, I once knew a man who was going insane He let love chase him right up a tree It took the police and a fire truck just to bring him back down It made the front page of the paper,

Or is it him What you do to me I don't understand I do all this for you You contemplating on me Or is it me He told you he'd be there for you And he wasn't

So blue, so blue So blue, oh And from his rib an angel born as Eve Thy hair inspired God to make the breeze Thy lips inspired God to make a man Formed into flesh and promised him her hand Why do I cry at night still? Can't sleep without the Nyquil

I love that I hate you That I love that I hate you, I can't stop thinking about the time that you're not here It's going on without you, haven't been so bad, it's the best time of the year 'Cause I see you and I see him, you know I can't help but grin

Look out baby I'm in a dangerous mood I had to steal a little time baby So I could spend it all on you I done called up the boss man Told him where to go And just what to do Call me crazy But i did what I had to do

Even the ones that said forget him Either wanna hit me or hold me Those that hate me don't know me And the ones that don't trust anybody trust me Yeah, the ones that like me love me The ones that need me got me The ones that doubt me can't stop me You

Say it loud, say it clear You can listen as well as you hear It's too late when we die To admit we don't see eye to eye I just wish I could have told him in the living years Every generation Blames the one before And all of their frustrations Come

His mama told him "someday you will be a man And you will be the leader of a big old band Many people coming from miles around To hear your playing music when the sun goes down Maybe someday you name will be in lights saying "Johnny B. Good tonight" Deep