If We Knew - Goapele

There was boy

Bout two years old

That’s much too young

Too see what would unfold

His dad so bold

So full of lies

Caught up in things

That would take his life

He’d leave behind

Old words unsaid

His loved ones left

To deal with it

So when his boy got older

With less than a little guidance

Needed more assurance

A little strength and courage

But he knew what he knows now

He may bewith us still

If he knew what he knows now

Ooohhh

2nd verse

There was girl

Bout three years old

To laugh and play

Should have been what goes

Her family moved

From place to place

Free spirits and

Money they couldn’t waste

She’d be alone

More times than few

Too many men

Trusted and out of view

One took her in

And used his mind

Scarred her inside

And changed her life

So when she had daughters of her own

Her memories could no longer escape her

They affecetd all the choices that she would make

But if she knew what she knows now

She wouldn’t take the blame

If she knew what she knows now

I was the girl

Who felt so strong

Bout anything

In this world when I saw wrong

I' anyalyze

Sometimes cry alone

When it got too much

I had a place to turn

I wish that I

Could heal your pain

Capture your truth

Secrets filled with shame

Cuz if you want I’ll tell the world

All the things you couldn’t say

And hope that you can find your way

Cuz I know what I know now

I was preparing for today

If we knew what we know now

We could have made a better day

If we knew what we know now

We’d know there was a different way

If we knew what we know now

Break

But we all learn by example

We can become our worst fear

Certain lesson we should on

Some don’t serve us anymore

Our parents rasied us how they knew how

They didn’t know a better way

I just try as hard you do

Cuz don’t wanna make the same mistake

Hope that you

Can find your way

Hope that you

Can find your way

Hope thatyou

Can find your way