Just turned 21 when Aunt Isha called me She’s talkin’ bout who my father was Thought it was another What my momma told me Sometimes the lies come out of love It don’t mean nothing when you take the blame If I don’t know where I’m from It don’t mean nothing when you say my name If I’m not father’s son Lord take me away I’m burning in shame I’m running in place They call me Ricky’s boy like it’s old me Grew up had to get it all out the mud When I looked into his eyes Man the truth it destroyed me ‘Cuz now I really know who’s in my blood It don’t mean nothing when you take the blame If I don’t know where I’m from It don’t mean nothing when you say my name If I’m not father’s son It don’t mean nothing if you can’t forgive All his wrongs from the start Maybe that man Was just trying to live With a broken heart Lord take me away I’m burning in shame I’m running in place