"Better man than my father..."

He said," I'm a better man than my father"

She said, "I can't tell."

He said, "He ain't shit"

She replied, "You are the shit"

He said, " I know"

She knows 

She knows that there isn't much of a difference
 just a list of things you want to see differently.

Like the little things you wish he did for your mom

 The fact that you stay around hoping he will come around

All the little ways you appreciate your mom 

Even when he seems to forget the meaning of her name

but she knows you are the same

you forgot to forgive him for being human

for being less than a perfect man 

even when the blemishes in you make you a less than a perfect man

 you hate him so much you forget to accept her for who she is

for all the flaws and blame she is willing to give but will not take

Like it's always his fault in your face

it shows 

the tight eyebrows whenever you go to that place

You still believe you are better than him in every way 

when honestly 

you're less than him in every way 

 he built you up and won't take you down

he won't apologize for being less than perfect now hoping it will motivate you to be

a better man than he will never be

in your eyes

you still think 

You're a better man 

"Our father who art in heaven..."

is the only time you accept that the man that taught you well

handed you his mistake and you didn't forgive him 

Holding everything you didn't forgive

making it tradition to say "I'm a better man...''

even though you never learned from his mistake.

You are the shit.

Still standing in shit that's toxic waste

this is the place She met you in

the place She cleaned up time and time again

because you're mother, her mother ain't have the courage to tell her then

He won't love you enough to stop standing in the shit even when it stinks 

and if you're not careful you will be the only one in it
unfortunately, he still thinks he is better than everything that shows he was once a little boy
 Emotions still, make him feel small
but pride that builds him tall
and nobody wants to fall in a pile of shit.