DNA - K.Flay

Started when I was 23

Actin' like my daddy

I know, I know

I recognize parts of you in me

The parts that can’t find peace

My soul feels old

I made decisions to prove I was different

But you follow me like a ghost

Now I’m a little bit lit and I’m pleading the fifth

As I’m making a toast

People say I look like you

They say that I got your eyes

My mother says I’m tough like you

Even in the ways that she don’t like

And I can’t change it, didn’t choose my blood

But I made up my mind

That I don’t want to be like you

But either way, I got you in my DNA

My DNA

I try to just play pretend like I didn’t fall apart

I’m lonely, like am I the only one?

When blockin' out the shame stops workin'

Can’t you tell, can’t you tell that I’m hurtin'?

Hold me if you love me, come show me

Found myself down on the pavement

No matter which way that I turned, I was low

But you went before me and traveled the stories

Of places that I shouldn’t go

People say I look like you

They say that I got your eyes

My mother says I’m tough like you

Even in the ways that she don’t like

And I can’t change it, didn’t choose my blood

But I made up my mind

That I don’t want to be like you

But either way, I got you in my DNA

My DNA

My DNA

My DNA

The T-shirt you gave me in '96

It’s bleached and it’s faded, but it still fits

And I know that you thought that you fucked up

'Cause I used to too, but then I grew up

Now I’m the same age you were when you had me

And I’m not ready to be anybody’s daddy

You and I, we both sing the same blues

I wish that you were here so I could thank you

I know that I look like you

I see it in my own two eyes

My mother says I’m tough like you

Even in the ways I know she likes

And I’m not angry, didn’t choose my blood

But I made up my mind

I know that I’m just like you

'Cause either way, I got you in my DNA

My DNA

My DNA

My DNA

My DNA