Gotta Go

I gotta go, gotta breathe
gotta live, gotta leave
I'm tired of comin home not knowin what to expect
will my room be like I left it or will it be an awful mess
Ignorant younger siblings, little sister she's the worst
say she can't til I go to college, when she said it it kinda hurt
he tongue is a whip full of poison, but I won't let it do it's work
As for my mother, I gotta go,
gotta make it, I gotta grow
I need to leave, be on my own
be it a dorm or my own home
I'm 19, feel like I'm FORTY, still livin' wit my MAMA
everday I come home it's always some doggone drama.
Aspirations, education, I need a degree in administration,
BUSINESS administration!
Goals, and aspirations, responsibilities, my DESTINATION
I'm a man with endless, but will I get killed before I make it?
Mama says in ways I'm pretty selfish
loot at were I AM MA' I CAN'T HELP IT
I gotta help myself along wit helpin others
and if focusin on me is selfish, oh well, I'm sorry mother
I gotta grow, I gotta GO
be man, jus lettin you know
that the reason I seem so selfish
is cause wit my seiblings I see no hope
why should I waste my time
providing for kids that aren't mine
that's YOUR job mama, I do for ME now
and you do for the kids cause I'm no longer a child
and if you percieve that as selfish
then so be it..... I gotta go
start a career, get a life
start a family wit my wife
don't worry I'll always be your son
I'm just a bird tryna fly on my journey til it's done
I'll never stop helpin you out
but yo' I gotta leave the house
I gotta go, I gotta make it
for with God there's nothin to worry about
I have to take a stand, be what I am, a MAN
And tell me HOW can a boy be a man, only getting things from a woman's hands?