I was born by the river   That my momma cried when my daddy died   Maybe that was the reason I didn't get the attention   That I was needing to touch   'Cause I reminded her of him too much      Couldn't understand what she felt so I hated her, yea   'Til I was old enough to hate myself   And I felt like a slave down in South Carolina   Cursing the vagina that gave life to me, oh      I couldn't see what I had the potential to be?   'Til I got down on my knees and begged God   To please take control of my life today      'Cause there's no way, there's no way, no way, no way   I can do it on my own and no matter how my friends try to console   They can never, never know what I go through   So I turn my heart over completely to you, yes Lord, I do      I was born in a hurry   'Cause my momma had to be back to work at 8:30   Maybe that was the reason there was always this feeling   That she was rushing herself   She didn't even have the time to spend loving herself      Let alone, someone else, so I hated her, yeah   'Cause I loved her, yea and I cried, yea   Like the Klu Klux Klan at the Million Man March   Partially broke my spirit, partially broke my heart      I couldn't start to be what I had the potential to be?   'Til I got down on my knees and begged God   To please take control of my life today      'Cause there's no way, there's no way, no way, no way   I can do it on my own and no matter how my friends try to console   They can never, never know what I go through   So I turn my heart over completely to you, yes Lord, I do