Father, please forgive me for I know not what I do
Father, please forgive me for I know not what I do
I just never had the chance to ever meet you
Therefore, I did not know that I would grow to be
my mother's evil seed and do these evil deeds
Mama had a baby and its head popped off
My mama don't want me, the next thing I know I'm getting dropped off
Ring, ring, ring on the doorbell and the next door neighbor's on their front porch
But they didn't want me neither so they left me on someone else's lawn
Somebody finally took me in, my great-aunt and uncle Edmund Charles
They were the ones who were left in charge
My elementary, they ganged up on me and sang this song
It went a little something like
Mary had a little lamb, little lamb, little lamb
Debbie had a Satan spawn, Satan spawn
Mama, why do they keep saying this? I just don't understand
Understanding, by the way, where's my dad?
Mother, please forgive me for I know not what I do
I just never had the chance to ever meet you
Therefore, I did not know that I would grow to be
my mother's evil seed and do these evil deeds
Predominantly, predominantly, everything's always predominantly
Predominantly white, predominantly black
Well, what about me? Where does that leave me?
Well, I guess that I'm between predominantly both of them
I think if I hear that fucking word again, I'ma scream
While I'm projectile vomiting, what do I look like?
A comedian to you? Do you think that I'm kidding?
Well, do I look like some kind of idiot?
Wait a minute, shit, don't answer that
Why am I so misunderstood?
Why do I go through so much bullshit?
It's such bullshit, it's just more bitch
Well, it's me. There goes poor Marshall again
Whining about his millions and his debts
and then his soul, he's always drowning in
And the dad that he never had
And how his childhood was so bad
And how his mom was a dope addict
And his ex-wife, how they go at it
Man, I'd hate to have it
As bad as that Mr. Mathers claims he had it
I can't imagine it
That little rich poor white bastard
needs to take some of that cash out of the bank
and take a bath in it
Man, if I only had half of it
If you only knew the half of it
Father, please forgive me for I know not what I do
I just never had the chance to ever meet you
Therefore, I did not know that I would grow to be
my mother's evil seed and do these evil deeds
Evil deeds
While I plant these evil seeds
please release me from these demons
I never had any of this shit planned, mom
Please believe
I don't want to be Satan's spawn
Never got the chance to say I'm sorry
Now look at all the panic cars
Dear Santa Claus
why you not coming this year again?
What did I do that was so bad to deserve this?
Everything could have been so perfect
But life ain't a fairytale
I'm about to be hoisted up in the air
Forty feet below me
there's people everywhere
I don't even know but it feel like they know me
cause I'm in this Ferris wheel
And all I want to do is go to the mall
and take Hayley on the carousel
Without this crowd
everywhere I go
But life is like a miracle
Around here we go
now do-si-do
Now curtains up
the show must go
Now ring around the rosie
the show's over
you can all go home now
With the curtain just on close for me
this ain't how fame was supposed to be
If I have a switch
I can just turn off and on
This ain't what I chose to be
so please God
give me the strength
to have what it takes to carry on
Till I pass 50
back to the baton
the camera's on
my soul is gone
Father, please forgive me
for I know not what I do
I just never had the chance
to ever meet you
Therefore
I did not know
that I would grow to be
my mother's evil seed
and do these evil deeds
Father, please forgive me
for I know not what I do
I just never had the chance
to ever meet you
Therefore
I did not know
that I would grow to be
my mother's evil seed
and do these evil deeds
Let's go
Detroit!