PROVE IT [Chorus] You said I wasn’t yours, what could I do? I grew up with your name crossed out of the truth Every blank on the page kept pointing to you You said, “Prove it” I didn’t know how to I wanted one answer, you gave me none So I quit asking Mom where I came from Now the blood says father, but that ain’t what you do You said, “Prove it” Now what do I prove to you? [Verse 1] First-grade tree had a branch with no name Teacher said, “Ask Mom,” I went home feeling strange Doctor asked, “Heart trouble on your father’s side?” Said “I don’t know” so often it stopped feeling like a reply Kids rolled their eyes when their dads made a scene I’d have traded places just to know what that means They’d say, “You got his eyes?” I’d shrug and look down Hard to miss somebody when you don’t know how they sound Birthday cards came signed by everybody but you I stopped asking questions Mom had no answer to Then I got old enough to learn what “he denies it” meant Not lost. Not gone. You knew and wouldn’t admit it. So I made excuses for a man I’d never met Maybe you were scared, maybe somebody got upset Maybe if you saw me, you’d recognize your face Funny how a kid can make your absence feel like grace [Chorus] You said I wasn’t yours, what could I do? I grew up with your name crossed out of the truth Every blank on the page kept pointing to you You said, “Prove it” I didn’t know how to I wanted one answer, you gave me none So I quit asking Mom where I came from Now the blood says father, but that ain’t what you do You said, “Prove it” Now what do I prove to you? [Verse 2] Years later, ancestry kit laid on the counter Sent it off for answers, never guessed what it’d uncover Weeks later close match, first name Amber One message and the blank branch finally had another She had her own version of the same damn sentence Same denial, different house, same missing presence Then another sister never knew she existed One known branch connected every name you kept dismissing Name match, date match, same branch, same track Two kids told “not mine,” now the facts talk back Cross-check, close kin, one link, then another Every click on that tree kept exposing what you covered You could dodge a phone call, dodge a name, dodge blame Couldn’t dodge the DNA when it pointed your way You made us strangers, we compared what you denied You never introduced us truth did that just fine So was it doubt? Or was “not mine” cheap? Did you sleep better when we weren’t yours to keep? [Chorus] You said I wasn’t yours, what could I do? I grew up with your name crossed out of the truth Every blank on the page kept pointing to you You said, “Prove it” I didn’t know how to I wanted one answer, you gave me none Now Amber knows the feeling, so I’m not the only one And the blood says father, but that ain’t what you do You said, “Prove it” Now what do I prove to you? [Verse 3] Did you know my birthday? Ever search my name? Did somebody show you a picture and you looked away? Did you ever wonder if I laughed like you? When Amber started asking, did you already know the truth? I used to think proof would put something back Like one clean answer could rewrite the past But a test can name a father It can’t make one appear Can’t teach me what I missed Can’t give you back those years I spent half my life wondering what was wrong with me Then one little match made the whole thing read differently I wasn’t hard to love you just found it easy to leave And that’s the first answer I finally believe [Final Chorus] You said I wasn’t yours, what could I do? I grew up with your name crossed out of the truth Every blank on the page kept pointing to you You said, “Prove it” So I finally proved it I wanted one answer, now I’ve got one Found two sisters where you left us undone Blood says father that’s biologically true But if I have to prove you were my dad… You can’t. [Outro] The test says father. That’s all it says.
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