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Am I Not Your Boy

Young Fathers
Track 10 on Dead 

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Young Fathers
Feb. 4, 20141 viewer

Am I Not Your Boy Lyrics

Drifting through the holy smoke
My sword don’t swing
Thrown into the filthy corners
But that’s okay

[Hook]
Being good ain’t enough lately
I ain’t got the strength to save me
Can’t figure what got me here
I don’t want to preach alone
It’s easy to disappear
But mother I’m good as gold
Am I not your boy
Your child
The kid that I once was
Is dead

Aaaaaaaahhhhh
Aaaaaaahhhhh
Aaaaaaaahhhhh
Aaaaaaahhhhh
Aaaaaaaahhhhh
Aaaaaaahhhhh
Aaaaaaaahhhhh
Aaaaaaahhhhh
Aaaaaaaahhhhh
Aaaaaaahhhhh
Aaaaaaaahhhhh
Aaaaaaahhhhh
Aaaaaaaahhhhh
Aaaaaaahhhhh
Aaaaaaaahhhhh
Aaaaaaahhhhh
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Men are joined
Are joined
Adjourned

[Hook]
Being good ain’t enough lately
I ain’t got the strength to save me
Can’t figure what got me here
I don’t want to preach alone
It’s easy to disappear
But mother I’m good as gold
Am I not your boy
Your child
The kid that I once was
Is dead

Who and where and why and when
And then (mmm)
Will I get it again
Still operating
Will I get it again
Again still operating
Being good ain’t enough lately
I ain’t got the strength to save me

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Dead (2014)
Young Fathers
  1. 1.
    No Way
  2. 2.
    Low
  3. 3.
    Just Another Bullet
  4. 4.
    War
  5. 5.
    Get Up
  6. 6.
    Dip
  7. 7.
    Paying
  8. 8.
    Mmmh Mmmh
  9. 9.
    Hangman
  10. 10.
    Am I Not Your Boy
  11. 11.
    I’ve Arrived
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Release Date
February 4, 2014
Tags
RapAvant-PopElectronicUKHip-Hop
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