I Should Have Listened

Intro

I hear my mother calling

I hear my father too

The words I left behind me

Are the words that brought me through

Verse

They warned me every day, my mother and my father

But I turned away from every word they gave

My friends kept calling, telling me to follow

I chose their road and walked myself astray

I thought their promises would never disappear

But when the road grew heavy, nobody was there

Pre-chorus

Now I'm standing here with no one beside me

The ones I trusted disappeared when trouble came

I hear my parents calling through the silence

If I had listened, I would not be here today

Chorus

I should have listened, I should have listened

To the love my parents gave to me

Friends can leave you when the road gets heavy

But your family stays and helps you see

I should have listened, I should have listened

Before my choices took me far away

Now I am learning from the pain I'm facing

And I will choose a better road someday

Verse

Today I'm in prison because I followed friends

They promised me a life, but left me on my own

Now my mother and my sister carry sorrow

While I face the choices that I made alone

My father tried to guide me from the beginning

My mother spoke with patience and with care

But I was listening to voices in the streets

And never saw the love that waited there

Pre-chorus

They call me by the name I never wanted

As if my worst mistake is all I'll ever be

But I remember every warning they once gave me

And pray that one day they will still believe in me

Chorus

I should have listened, I should have listened

To the love my parents gave to me

Friends can leave you when the road gets heavy

But your family stays and helps you see

I should have listened, I should have listened

Before my choices took me far away

Now I am learning from the pain I'm facing

And I will choose a better road someday

Bridge

No friend is worth the trust you give your parents

No promise is worth losing who you are

When the crowd is gone, your family still remembers

They can guide you back, wherever you are

Mama, I remember every warning

Papa, I remember every prayer

Sisi, I brought you sorrow

But your love is still waiting there

Verse

The days are long, but I am not defeated

I still can change the person I became

I cannot take back every wrong decision

But I can choose to walk a different way

I will carry every lesson through the struggle

And never trade my family for a friend

Chorus

I should have listened, I should have listened

To the love my parents gave to me

Friends can leave you when the road gets heavy

But your family stays and helps you see

I should have listened, I should have listened

Now their words are living inside me

I may be far, but I am turning back now

Their love is the road that will set me free

Outro

I hear your words now, Mama and Papa

I carry your love with me

I hear you, Sisi, I will do better

I should have listened

And one day I will be free