verse 1
G C
A father’s son, but yet so distant.
D
A teenage boy, who couldn’t fit in,
G
with the laws my daddy laid out for me.
G
I ran away, I broke the rules,
C G
Hardheaded, thinking I was so damn cool.
C
My father told me to grow up, and at that time
G
I had had enough,
D G
I left home, and I change schools.
Because the
E C
pathway of a man becomes a lot in just so little.
D C
Blink too slow, you might just miss it, leave you
E G
caught up in the middle.
E C
Realize what you’ve done, give thanks and say your prayers.
D G
You have a life in front of you, so live it from right here. 
verse 2
G
Mama took me in, her baby boy.
G
Thought I’d do right, and seek the Lord.
C G
But God knows I never really tried.
E
Until that day I became a man,
C
I stood in line and raise my hand.
D
took that oath swore to defend.
C
Two years later, I couldn’t comprehend.
C G
12 months of dragging boots through the sand.
Because the
E C
pathway of a man becomes a lot in just so little.
D C
Blink too slow, you might just miss it, leave you
E G
caught up in the middle.
E C
Realize what you’ve done, give thanks and say your prayers.
D G
You have a life in front of you, so live it from right here.
verse 3
G
Got a girl at home, baby on the way.
C G
Six months left, so I couldn’t stay too, long.
D
But his blue eyes looked up at me,
E
And I realized who I could be.
C
A father trying to raise his son,
C G
the way my family had done, for me.
C
So I called my dad and thanked him so
D
For all the times he held me close
C G
When I was lost and I could, not see
C
So I called my mom and thanked her so
D
For all the times she prayed for me
C G
Jesus turn this boy into, a man
Because the
E C
pathway of a man becomes a lot in just so little.
D C
Blink too slow, you might just miss it, leave you
E G
caught up in the middle.
E C
Realize what you’ve done, give thanks and say your prayers.
D G
You have a life in front of you, so live it from right here.
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