Preacher's Daughter
Anthony Hamilton Lyrics

She had a habit tht she couldnt really stop,
She was addicted to something that she couldn't get rid of

Needed money so she had to hit the block, nobody knew it so
She was compelled to sell herself to earn money in secret

She steady had to play a role, went to church,
She had to maintain a fake image in society, even pretending to be religious and attending church

But surely tearin' up her soul, she'd repent sometimes,
It was a struggle for her as her conscience was constantly bothering her and she would try to repent now and then

Then she'd press rewind, started over messin up her life,
She kept repeating her mistakes, making her life a mess

Couldn't cope so she had to hit a knee slow,
As she couldn't handle the stress and guilt, she turned to prayer

Started prayin' to the lord, she was a
She began to have faith in God and sought refuge in prayer

Preacher's Daughter
She was the daughter of a preacher

Sendin' herself the tears
She would cry alone, mostly for herself

A preachers daughter so she had common sense,
Being a preacher's daughter, she was expected to have more common sense and moral values

It's ashamed the way her life went, he's too busy though,
Her father, being busy saving other people's souls, failed to save his own daughter's soul

Steady savin souls, to realize he lost one of his own,
Her father was busy saving other's souls, but couldn't save his own daughter

Full of pain and stuck out in the dark, I even
She was in agony and felt trapped in darkness

Heard, her father made his mark, now she's confused,
She heard that her father had made an impact in his work, which made her even more confused about the situation

Now she's about to lose everything she thought she
She was on the verge of losing everything that she had worked hard for

Ever owned
All her hard work over the years was about to go to waste

(it's a cryin shame ohh)
It is a pity and regretful situation

Its a shame she couldn't make a way out now I'm sittin' here twiddlin'
It's unfortunate that she couldn't find a way to escape her situation and now the singer is feeling helpless

My thumbs cause her life is gone and her kids are gone and
The singer couldn't help and now she sees the impact of the woman's life not just on herself but also her children

She lost everything, and see her own father
She lost everything she owned, and to add to that the artist realizes it's even more heartbreaking because her father couldn't save her

Was a preacher but he couldnt pray for her
Her father couldn't offer the same help he offered to others when it came to his own daughter

Cause he was too busy prayin' for everybody else and layin'
Her father was more concerned with helping outsiders rather than focusing on his own family

Hands on all the women in the congregation,
Her father was accused of inappropriately touching women he was helping

But I guess that's what goes on when you walk right and
Being seen as a great person often leads to people hiding the dirt in their lives

Perfect and your whole house seems to be perfect,
When you look like you have the perfect life from an outsider's perspective, it makes people hide their problems and struggles behind closed doors

And behind closed doors, everybody suffers from some
People often have their own demons and problems to deal with which are not very apparent from the outside

Kind of demon but nobody knows it, until it all unveils itself,
People often hide their struggles and intentions, but eventually, the truth about them comes out

Your own daughter is out there locked out
It turned out that the preacher's own daughter was in trouble and he was unaware of it

In the dark she was a preachers daughter
She was in a very tough situation, and she was a preacher's daughter through it all

Help me lord, help me lord, help me lord,
She prayed for help from God to get out of her troubled situation

I need you right now, I need you daddy, could
She was asking for help from her father whom she trusted

You hear me prayin', don't you hear me prayin' (she's somebody's daughter)
She was her father's daughter, a fact which her father should understand and help her out

I need you, say I need you I
She was expressing her need for help and support from her father

Don't know what to do, I'm, dyin inside (she's somebody's baby)
She was lost and didn't know how to help herself from her plight, and at the end of the day, she was someone's pride and joy

I can't stop the tears from fallin', I
The situation was too overwhelming for her and she couldn't stop crying

Need you I need you I need you daddy, oh I need you
She was desperate for her father's help as he was the only one she could count on