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Check this |
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I be at the mall, walk up at in the store |
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Glance up at the wall, pick out a few kicks |
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I need 11's in these, matter of fact |
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While you at it bring em' in a size 6 |
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I take shorty's shoes off |
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Like here try on these |
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J's make sure them shits fit |
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But in my head it gets thick saying |
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Joey fall back 'cause that's not your kid |
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I don't know you lil' nigga |
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And plus I got a son of my own |
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But he's at home and the way he's being raised |
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I don't really condone |
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Naw, 'cause his pops been gone |
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Fuck it, Ill explain it to him later when he's grown |
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Old enough to have a phone |
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Asking why mommy hates me and he got to sleep |
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To call me when ever he's alone so |
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You wouldn't know it but |
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I got a sore spot for you |
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See, we would shared the same obstacles |
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Looking from the outside may seem like you neglect him |
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But when he slips up and calls me dad, |
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I correct him |
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I protect him, when baby girl |
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Start venting about you |
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I say respect him |
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And though it seems out of order |
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My own mistakes have turned me |
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Into your biggest supporter |
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Fast forward, you wouldn't believe |
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How I could love like mine what |
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I didn't conceive |
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Trying to help him reach shit that |
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I never achieved |
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Am I doing it for him or is it my own greed' |
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Cause see me and my baby moms |
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We don't do the conversations |
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Some cramped in the back, 2 bedroom shack |
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With 7 people living there just congregating |
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So when your child's with me, |
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I'm over compensated |
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I'm talking 8 bedrooms 7 baths |
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My son thinking, that's the shit that only heaven has |
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Mines gotta keep it cool, yours get to see the view |
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White marble around the end ground, heated pool |
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Mines got to go through the why |
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Shit, yours just got to walk outside |
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And the funny shit, the irony of it all and it's just sad |
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Is you walked away and |
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I'm the step dad |
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And then you get on |
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SkypeSaying, "How you being, what's the word?" |
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And I be on the background listening like"This muhfucka here got some nerve" |
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He says, "Bye daddy, I love you" |
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I be wanting to snuff you |
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But wouldn't have him thinking less of you |
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But he's perceptive and this shits wild |
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He picks up on everything and he's just a child |
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So through all my resistance |
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I'm afraid this 2 year old can already see the difference |
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He sees you don't provide when you're capable |
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Why we never fix things while we're still able too? |
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So you're annoyed, it kinda of hampers me |
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Get my void, |
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I always wanted a family |
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Just to greet when |
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I get to the door |
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You gon' have to take the |
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L, I can't give you yours |
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I'll do all the work, you ain't gotta be bothered |
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You can be his dad, |
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I'll be his father |
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I relate though, so |
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I know it hurts |
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Got to be uncomfortable when the role reversed |
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I've been in your shoes my whole life nigga |
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Try these on, |
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I relate though, |
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I know it hurts |
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Got to be uncomfortable when the role reversed |
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Yeah man, |
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I been there |
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You can't feel good |
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I wanna see how |
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I feel? |