Well, it was said 
On the day of my birth 
The ghost of a dead man 
Walked the earth 
And my mama don't love me none 
She hates everything my daddy done 
He got killed on a steel mill line 
Just like his daddy in a 
Black coal mine 

They say I'm the [bad word] son 
Of one bad [bad word]  line of blood 
They say I'm the [bad word] son 
Of one bad [bad word]  line of blood 

I got an uncle in a Jackson cell 
Served 13 years 
But he's still got 12 
That's 25, baby 
He killed his brother with a swingin' spade 
Now he's six feet deep in a 
Early grave 
He got killed before his time 
Just like his 
Just like his daddy died 

They say I'm the [bad word] son 
Of one bad [bad word]  line of blood 
They say I'm the [bad word] son 
Of one bad [bad word]  line of blood 

I can't catch a break 
'Cause if I make one [bad word] mistake 
They're gonna hang me, hey, hey, hey 
Half Detroit would sell their soul 
To see me swingin' from a gallows pole 
For somethin' 
Somethin' my daddy done [bad word] on 

Yo, it was said 
On the day of my birth 
That the ghost of a dead man 
Walked the earth 
All right 
And my mama don't love me none 
Because she knows 
I'm my daddy's son 

He got killed on a steel mill line 
Just like his daddy 
Just like his daddy died 

They say I'm the [bad word] son 
Of one bad [bad word]  line of blood 
They say I'm the [bad word] son 
Of one bad [bad word]  line of blood 
Yeah, yeah, yeah