Preacher's Daughter featuring Tarsha McMillian
Anthony Hamilton Lyrics

She had a habit tht she couldnt really stop,
She was addicted to something that she had difficulty quitting

Needed money so she had to hit the block, nobody knew it so
She engaged in prostitution to make ends meet, but didn't let anyone know

She steady had to play a role, went to church,
She had to pretend to be someone she wasn't, and go to church as if everything was okay

But surely tearin' up her soul, she'd repent sometimes,
She was struggling internally, feeling guilty and ashamed, and would try to ask for forgiveness, but it didn't always work

Then she'd press rewind, started over messin up her life,
She would make mistakes, regret them, and try to change things, but often ended up messing up again

Couldn't cope so she had to hit a knee slow,
She was unable to handle the difficulties in her life, so she turned to prayer

Started prayin' to the lord, she was a
She began to communicate with God

Preacher's Daughter
She was the daughter of a preacher

Sendin' herself the tears
She was crying and trying to deal with the pain on her own

A preachers daughter so she had common sense,
People expected her to be smart and have good judgment because of her father's profession

It's ashamed the way her life went, he's too busy though,
It was unfortunate how her life turned out, but her father was too preoccupied to notice

Steady savin souls, to realize he lost one of his own,
He was focused on saving others, not realizing that he had lost his own daughter to her struggles

Full of pain and stuck out in the dark, I even
She was in a lot of emotional pain and felt alone and isolated

Heard, her father made his mark, now she's confused,
Her father had made a name for himself in the community, which left her feeling unsure and conflicted

Now she's about to lose everything she thought she
She was on the verge of losing everything she believed was important

Ever owned
Everything she had worked for

(it's a cryin shame ohh)
It's sad and unfortunate

Its a shame she couldn't make a way out now I'm sittin' here twiddlin'
It's unfortunate that she wasn't able to find a way out of her situation, and now others are left feeling helpless

My thumbs cause her life is gone and her kids are gone and
Her life is over, and she has lost her children as well

She lost everything, and see her own father
She has lost everything she valued, and her own father is partly to blame

Was a preacher but he couldnt pray for her
Despite being a preacher, he couldn't help his own daughter

Cause he was too busy prayin' for everybody else and layin'
He was too preoccupied with helping others to notice his own daughter's struggles

Hands on all the women in the congregation,
He focused on helping and touching women in the church

But I guess that's what goes on when you walk right and
This is what happens when you try to project an image of perfection and righteousness

Perfect and your whole house seems to be perfect,
When everything seems perfect on the surface, but there are underlying issues that are ignored

And behind closed doors, everybody suffers from some
People have their own problems and demons that they deal with privately

Kind of demon but nobody knows it, until it all unveils itself,
People may be dealing with personal struggles that go unnoticed until it becomes a bigger problem

Your own daughter is out there locked out
His daughter was struggling and he was unaware

In the dark she was a preachers daughter
Even though she was the daughter of a preacher, she was still struggling

Help me lord, help me lord, help me lord,
She called out to God for help and guidance

I need you right now, I need you daddy, could
She needed God and her father to help her through her struggles

You hear me prayin', don't you hear me prayin' (she's somebody's daughter)
She hoped that she was being heard and not forgotten in her struggles, as she was still someone's daughter

I need you, say I need you I
She emphasized her need for help and guidance

Don't know what to do, I'm, dyin inside (she's somebody's baby)
She was lost and didn't know what to do, feeling like she was dying, and she was still someone's child

I can't stop the tears from fallin', I
She was crying and struggling to deal with her pain

Need you I need you I need you daddy, oh I need you
She begged for help and guidance from God and her father