Do you remember?
Now that you're sixteen
When you held me in your arms and said you love me
I said I'd never be angry
At the things you wanna be
Well now's the time for you to prove yourself to me
There was just one thing
I needed for you to become
For me to be proud of my son
And if you've done that anyone who says
You're wrong, or that you're anything but strong
Will have to answer to me but that's different kind of a song
By now I'm about 40 years out
Looking down the road at how my life turns out
And yeah, there's a good chance
That I couldn't figure out how
to make my kids proud
So right now listen good because
I might not be able to say again
Don't wait for your life to begin
Just dive in and chase your dreams until the end
But wherever you've been or what you've seen
What you believe whether you're king or a queen
I don't care as long as when you see a brother
Or another human being
You love them with a passion
They ain't never ever seen

Are you the one
People look up to
People reach out to
People can count on
Did you amount to someone
People can lean on
Cause you will be there when
Nobody else can
That's the only child
I'll be proud of
One of abounding love
Who stands for peace
And who never gives up
I know that it's a hard road
And a heavy load but follow through
And I will always be proud of you

If you wanna know the truth
When I got the news
That I was gonna be a father
I kinda got the blues
It's true
Always wanted to be a dad
But at the time your mom was all I had
See, we jumped from place to place
Always losing the rat race
And I know I wasn't very good to her
But then there you were
And my whole world changed just like that
And I knew whatever happened I was never looking back
Now V, you're probably around thirteen
The girls are looking cute and the boys are all getting mean
Life might be starting to suck
I know I've been there before
Playground shenanigans become playground wars
Because we're different from the other kids
You and me we got stuff in our heads
It's called brains, son, but don't get a big head
Don't get that from dear ol' dad
If you learn to be humble you'll have what I never had
Which is real friends, dear friends,
Always be here friends,
Go have a beer friends,
Hug you and cheer for you friends
I guess that's all I gotta say
I love you and I hope that someday
You find that thing or that person
That makes you feel the same way
When the world needs you to love it
Never turn it away
And when you have kids, give 'em hugs and say