Mama, please stop crying, I can't stand the sound Your pain is painful and it's tearing me down I hear glasses breaking as I sit up in my bed I told God you didn't mean those nasty things you said You fight about money, about me and my brother And this I come home to, this is my shelter It ain't easy growing up in World War III Never knowing what love could be, you see I don't want love to destroy me like it has done my family Can we work it out? Can we be a family? Promise I'll be better, promise I'll do anything Can we work it out? Can we be a family? Promise I'll be better, daddy please don't leave Daddy, please stop yelling, I can't stand the sound Make mama stop crying, cause I need you around My mama she loves you, no matter what she says is true I know that she hurts you, but remember I love you too I ran away today, ran from the noise, ran away Don't wanna go back to that place, but don't have no choice, no way It ain't easy growing up in World War III Never knowing what love could be, you see I don't want love to destroy me like it did my family Can we work it out? Can we be a family? Promise I'll be better, promise I'll do anything Can we work it out? Can we be a family? Promise I'll be better, daddy please don't leave In our family portrait, we look pretty happy Let's play pretends, act like it comes naturally I don't wanna have to split the holidays, I don't want to address this I don't want a stepbrother anyways, and I don't want my mama have to change her last name Our family portrait, we look pretty happy We look pretty normal, let's go back to that In our family portrait, we look pretty happy Let's play pretends, act like it comes naturally In our family portrait, we look pretty happy We look pretty normal, let's go back to that In our family portrait, we look pretty happy Let's play pretends, act like it comes naturally In our family portrait, we look pretty happy