[Verse 1]
Misunderstood
Are you still a bad person if you wish you were good?
I'm a young mother with another one on the way
I just made a fucking mistake
I told him, yeah I told him it's this
It was a Friday last week, I was going for drinks
I wasn't faithful, I'm sorry, it was only a kiss
Haven't felt loved, felt like you didn't even know I exist
He said "you know this is it"
He got my throat in a grip, he said "you hoing little bitch
Gotta go for this shit", he's pulling hair and stuff
Getting aggressive, his bad temper's flaring up
And there ain't one thing funny about hearing your sun
Scream "mummy" cause he's scared for ya
I said "Who's gonna be here for us if you leaving me?
I was always there for ya when you needed me"
He used to tell me how his dad used to beat on his mum
I never feared that was the man that he could become
But that was when it hit me
Cause that was when he

[Hook]
Hit me hard
Hit me hard, hit me hard
Oh, it hit me hard
Hit me hard, hit me hard
[Verse 2]
I don't really remember my dad, mum said he used to hit her
So I never wanted to meet him
Now I'm grown with a son of my own
And I just found out his mother was cheating
I don't fucking believe it, now this discussion is heated
I told her "fuck you, I'm leaving", she said
"You're really gonna walk out on your son when he's sleeping
After all them times that we talked about your old man?"
"Nah fuck you, don't talk about my old man, don't you dare compare me to him
If I ain't there for you, I'll always be there for my kids"
She said "if I can't have you, no one can
Not your son, no other girl, no one, man"
She's crying, she's trying to fight
I'm holding her back, so she picked up a knife from the side
And said "an eye for an eye, you're tryna take my life away
I guess your life's on the line, I'm taking what's rightfully mine"
I look her right in the eyes
Said "put it down, fucking hell, you ain't right in the mind"
But no, she started swinging so I started swinging
And just as the alarms in my mind started ringing
The knife hit the floor, then she did
No blood on the blade, but she's bleeding
I must've hit her bad, I go to help her up
See my son standing in the hall looking at his dad, and that
[Hook]

[Verse 3]
And now I've got bruises on my heart, bruises on my lip
They say you should never forget, you should just forgive
But I can't forgive you for this, for this
Can't be the life you would ask to give to your kid
Nah, take a look at me, take a look at him
Take a good look cause you ain't looking again
I can't believe you, how could you raise your hand to me?
It ain't just me you're hurting here n***a, this is a family
Single mother, I'm all alone now
I'd rather that than be a victim in my own house
This is my own house
Stay away from me, stay back, just stay back

She's telling me to stay back
Looking in my eyes like she's scared of me, I hate that
I bet she hates that too, and when my son grows up
I bet he hates Dad too
Dislike his daddy, just like his daddy
History repeating itself
His story repeating itself
Yeah, this'll be how he must've felt
And now I can't raise my child because I raised my palm
And that cuts me deep, razor sharp
You've gotta play your part, play your position
If I could go back, then I would change how I did it
But I did it, I fucking wish I didn't but I did it
[Bridge]
There's still damage when the bruises are gone
When the bruises are gone, maybe I was bruised all along
There's still damage when the bruises are gone
When the bruises are gone, maybe I was bruised all along

They argued all night, it turned to a fight
She hit him in the face so he hit her back harder
Now he'll never get to see his son grow
But he saw himself grow into his father

We argued all night, it turned into a fight
I hit him in the face so he hit me back harder
Now I'll never let him see his son grow
Cause I saw him grow into his father

We argued all night, it turned into a fight
She hit me in the face so I hit her back harder
Now I'll never get to see my son grow
But I saw myself grow into my father

They argued all night, it turned into a fight
Mummy hit him in the face, Daddy hit her back harder
Now without a male role model in my life
Who knows, I could grow into my father
It hit me harder

[Hook]

Oh, it hit me hard