LOVE CHILD
Supremes [The] Lyrics

You think that I don't feel love,
You assume that I am incapable of love,

What I feel for you is real love.
However, my feelings for you are genuine love.

In other's eyes I see reflected a hurt, scorned, rejected.
But in the eyes of others, I see a reflection of the pain and rejection I have experienced.

Love Child, never meant to be,
I was born into a situation where my existence was not intended,

Love Child, born in poverty,
And as a result, I was born into a life of poverty,

Love Child, never meant to be,
My existence was never supposed to happen,

Love Child, take a look at me.
But here I am, a product of that situation.

I started my life in an old, cold, rundown tenement slum.
My life began in a dilapidated and impoverished tenement building.

My father left, he never even married Mom.
My father abandoned us, without ever marrying my mother.

I shared the guilt my mama knew,
I carried the same sense of shame and guilt that my mother had,

So afraid that others knew I had no name.
And I was terrified that other people would discover that I did not even have a name.

This love we're contemplating, is worth the pain of waiting.
The love we are considering is worth the agony of waiting,

We'll only end up hating the child we may be creating.
Because bringing a child into the world under these circumstances would only result in resentment and hate.

Love Child, by society,
Society has deemed me an outcast and undeserving of love,

Love Child, diff'rent from the rest.
I am perceived as different from everyone else.

I started school in a worn, torn, dress that somebody threw out.
I began my schooling with a dress that was already ripped and discarded.

I knew the way it was to always live in doubt,
I was constantly uncertain and anxious about my place in the world,

To be without the simple things,
Without even the basic necessities,

So afraid my friends could see the guilt in me.
I was afraid that my friends would see and judge the shame that I carried.

Don't think I don't need you,
Please understand that I do need you,

Don't think I don't want to please you.
And I do want to make you happy.

No child of mine'll be bearing the name of shame I've been wearin'.
But I refuse to allow any child of mine to bear the same burden of shame that I have carried.

Love Child, never quite as good,
I may be looked down upon and disregarded as inferior,

(I'll always love you.)
but I will always love you.

Love Child, misunderstood.
And I am often not understood or appreciated for who I am.

(I'll always love you.)
But despite all of this, I will always love you.

Love Child, never quite as good,
My worth as a person may be questioned or diminished,

(I'll always love you.)
But my love for you will always remain.

Love Child, misunderstood.
People may misunderstand me and what I represent,

(I'll always love you.)
But regardless, my love for you will persist.