What I Had To Do

from What Good's The Medicine? by Croy And The Boys

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College came and college went
I got a couple life skills but mostly debt
Never should have gone it's my own damn fault
Now my credits pretty bad my loans in default

Yeah I went to school but never wanted to
Was just doing what I thought that I had to do
Doing what I thought that I had to do

Got me a job but I didn't get far
I got enough to get me that new used car
Found me a woman who didn't mind
And she works too so we pass the time

I can't say now I ever loved her true
Was just doing what I thought that I had to do
Doing what I thought that I had to do

Well you already know how this story goes
I got a couple of kids before I know
Took a job that I hated that paid me more
Its one thing to be broke, it's another to see your kids grow up poor

And I worked alot more than I wanted to
Was just doing what I thought that I had to do
Doing what I thought that I had to do

Well my wife finally left me
It's been a long time
And I barely hear from them kids of mine
But I still remember how it used to be
When my life was out in front of me

Now I got me a quiet one bedroom
To sit and think about what I had to do
To think of all the things that I had to do
I sit and think about what I had to do
I think of all the things that I had to do

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from What Good's The Medicine?, released August 11, 2023

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