DADDY'S LEGACY

(LA-LA-LA-LA-LA-LA-LA-LA) (OOOH) Don't know where to run, got nowhere to hide All these toxic thoughts locked away inside me Wish I still had my dad around to guide me Cancer took him from me and it left me stymied But if he was here he wouldn't wanna hear it He would say boy just attack it never fear it So I gotta honor daddy's legacy Work every day and try to be a better me I've been talking my shit since I realized I had a mouth When I was young, I couldn't wait to get my ass up out the south Can't tell you why, but I knew there was something I didn't know Still felt the cries of my ancestors born right into Jim Crow Mom and dad did everything to guard us from the bullshit Preachers did their best to try to calm us from the pulpit Brothers had enough instead they started packing full clips I could not get down like that, but always understood it How much we supposed to take? (how much) How long we supposed to wait? (how long) Before we choose our own fate (our own) And start making people pay (y'all pay) Half the news is half fake (half fake) Somehow, it's always our mistake (our fault) It's a game you forced us to play (y'all game) Then threw the rulebook away (away) Don't know where to run, got nowhere to hide All these toxic thoughts locked away inside me Wish I still had my dad around to guide me Cancer took him from me, and it left me stymied And if he was here, he wouldn't want to hear it He would say, boy just attack it never fear it So I gotta honor daddys legacy Work every day and try to be a better me I've been ducking my pain since I realized I was in pain I've neglected my brain I've seen the edges of insane Luckily, my ladies, they kept me believing Mommy, Wifey, babies, that's what kept me breathing Men, I swear we are the worst at dealing with our feelings Icy on the outside, internally bleeding Don't know how to ask for help and nowhere close to healing End up making bad decisions turn up somewhere reeling How much we supposed to take? (how much) How long we supposed to wait? (how long) Before we choose our own fate (our own) And start making people pay (y'all pay) Half the news is half fake (half fake) Somehow, it's always our mistake (our fault) Your game you force us to play (y'all game) Then throw the rulebook away (away) Don't know where to run, got nowhere to hide All these toxic thoughts locked away inside me Wish I still had my dad around to guide me But cancer took him from me and it left me stymied But if he was here he wouldn't wanna hear it He would say boy just attack it never fear it So I gotta honor daddy's legacy Work every day and try to be a better me (LA-LA-LA-LA-LA-LA-LA-LA) (OOOH)