I'm sick of living in my brother's shadow
Yield my inheritance
I'll take my chances, I've placed my bets
I don't want to live here with regrets
The world outside here holds a mystery
The land goes further than the eyes can see
Fortune is yet to gain
I've got intentions, I can't explain
I won't be left standing in the rain
I can see it in your eyes
A sudden slide show of your youngest child
Before you realize
He's heading out into the wild
Daddy can't you see, can't you understand
That I'm not that little boy, I've become a man?
I need to see if I'm capable
To sustain my own life, be beyond your control
I told my father that I needed my space
The truth remains I wanted faster pace
The fast life is not a crime
Or so I thought, I lost every dime
Maybe I was foolish with my time
I found employment as a lowly farm hand
I found it's not the safest place to crash land
Feel my whole spirit break
I've made my bed, I've made a mistake
I need egression from my blunder's wake
And now I've found myself
Longing for the feed
Of these unclean beasts
A penance for my greed
There's been no rain for weeks
There's no cloud in the sky
Still the slaves at home
Are better off than I
The only thing that I guessed right
Was that I wasn't left out in the rain
The famine and the night
Gave me enough to ascertain
Daddy can't you see, can't you understand
That I'm still that little boy, I'm not yet a man?
I need to learn to be capable
To sustain my own life, be under your control