tell me how the circle ends there s no beginning everything that came before will come round again and i look in the mirror my father s eyes look back at me he gave me a road to choose he gave me freedom and i pray i m strong enough to walk in his shoes and i i hope that i become half the man he wants me to be cause i feel you guiding me showing me the way when i m misdirected i know your not here but i feel connected cause everything that i am comes from a better man and all that i ve said i ve done can t rewrite my history right there for all to see i m just my father s son taught me to walk now i run now i run sometimes when i lose myself in my weakness i can feel the touch of his unmistakable hands and their pushing me forward back into the circle again and i hope my son sees in me the kind of man that he was to me and everything that i am comes from a better man and all that i ve said i ve done can t rewrite my history right there for all to see i m just my father s son taught me to walk now i run i run he s the best and the worst of me sometimes i don t know where my common sense is i may be a sinner but my best defense is everything that i am comes from a better man and all that i ve said i ve done can t rewrite my history right here for all to see i m just my father s son yeah oh i m just my father s son taught me to walk now i run