by N/A Mama please stop cryin� 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 Dad you didn�t mean Those nasty things you said You fight about money About me & my brother And this I come home to This is my shelter It ain�t easy, growin� up in WW3 Never knowin� what love could be You�ll see, I don�t want love to destroy me Like it has done my family CHORUS Can we work it out Can we be a family I promise I�ll be better Mommy I�ll do anything Can we work it out Can we be a family I promise I�ll be better Daddy please don�t leave Daddy please stop yelling I can�t stand the sound Make mama stop cryin� �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 (ran away) Don�t wanna go back to that place But don�t have no choice, no way It ain�t easy, growin� up in WW3 Never knowin� what love could be But I�ve seen, I don�t want love to destroy me Like it has done my family Repeat CHORUS In our family portrait We look pretty happy Let�s play pretend, let�s act like it Comes naturally I don�t wanna have to split the holidays I don�t want two addresses I don�t want a stepbrother anyway And I don�t want my mom to have to change her last name! Repeat CHORUS Mama I�ll be nicer I�ll be so much better I�ll tell my brother I won�t spill the milk at dinner I�ll be so much better I�ll do everything right I�ll be your little girl forever I�ll go to sleep at night Daddy don�t leave... daddy don�t leave