Hard Pill to Swallow

There's a long road in front of ya
 There's a hard life behind ya
 There's war been waged inside ya
 You got big footsteps to follow
 You got a soul that's barely hollow
 And that's a hard pill to swallow
 (Hard pill to swallow)
 (Hard pill to swallow)
 (Hard pill to swallow)
 (Hard pill to swallow, woah)
 When you were younger, just a bother, always felt so scared
 Didn't know how to take it, but you always dared
 And now you try to act like you never cared
 Feeling halfway guilty 'cause my life was spared
 It feels just like a curse and I'm always to blame
 Shivers down my spine when I say your name
 Since I was a kid, you were bigger than fame
 I'd like to see the scar that you put in my brain
 Early in my life, I was put to the test
 I had to make some choices or forget about the rest
 And when I speak this fire, you get nothing but the best
 Let me tell you something that you better not forget
 There's a long road in front of ya
 There's a hard life behind ya
 There's war been waged inside ya
 You got big footsteps to follow
 You got a soul that's barely hollow
 And that's a hard pill to swallow
 (Hard pill to swallow)
 (Hard pill to swallow)
 (Hard pill to swallow)
 (Hard pill to swallow, woah)
 The trauma from your mama nearly 20 years old
 And your father made it harder with the soul that he sold
 You know where they both went and you're ready to go
 What happened? How did everything turn so cold?
 We can talk about it 'til I'm turning blue in the face
 I can laugh about it, joke about it, never the same
 I can't keep pretending it don't cause any pain
 It's a never-ending cycle that just can't be tamed
 Early in my life, I was put to the test
 I had to make some choices or forget about the rest
 And when I speak this fire, you get nothing but the best
 Let me tell you something that you better not forget
 There's a long road in front of ya
 There's a hard life behind ya
 There's war been waged inside ya
 You got big footsteps to follow
 You got a soul that's barely hollow
 And that's a hard pill to swallow
 (Hard pill to swallow)
 (Hard pill to swallow)
 (Hard pill to swallow)
 (Hard pill to swallow, woah)
 (Hard pill to swallow)
 (Hard pill to swallow)
 (Hard pill to swallow)
 (Hard pill to swallow, woah)