DAD

Love, what I got to show for it? If it's passion for my people, let it burn like blowtorches Living past a little memory, I say this to you meaning this respectfully You can't connect with me, like a boxer and his left is weak Somedays I really wonder when you're gone, what am I to do? You tried to hit me up through Insta but the silence grew See if it's Hell or Heaven I would wanna follow you Because me losing you make me feel like I'm dying too Take y'all back to simpler times You had shown me drawings that you did when you were 10 or nine You had showed me every line you wrote when you were spitting rhymes You ain't in a cell, but I can't judge you any given time Questions start to fill my mind, like Why would you do us like that? Why try to break up the family then try to glue us right back? You in a battle with liquor I hope for you to fight back I know that you can fight that, I know that you can fight that, I'm asking why, like? Why would you do us like that? It's like you're out of my range, I ain't worried 'bout shootin' no strap Why you had a yard and a lawn but you like to move in the trap? I mean you're just being you, nun' I can do about that, damn Driving drunk, life is sobering I saw one of my friends, dying young, while consoling him Actually that's a lie, we grew up and I was close to him That's just one of many things I'm thinking of and coping with Sorry son, and I ain't talking 'bout the Starry one I call you that because you shine like one My little nerds, chasing little birds Convo slurred but you can feel the words You wasn't in the streets back in the 'burbs You wasn't in theaters snatching purses Rapping verses, smashing girls or getting checks That's the curse of living black in world where teachers lack respect To tell you that you're more than your environment So instead of reaching greatness we be reaching, but for violence I don't see what the problem is And finding it is not prerogative of mine I came out the gutter from a hustler and I'm mighty fine Just got out my momma's crib, man I'm feeling high in life But when I see your pictures why I start to cry? Like Why would y'all do me like that? Why try to break up the man in me ain't no gluing me back I'm in a battle with liquor, you hope that I can fight back I know that I can fight that, I bring this question right back, I'm asking why sons? Why would y'all do me like that? It's like my mind's out of place, but I won't move it right back I keep my back to the wall, staying true to my past You know it's me being me, nun' you can do about that Why would you do us like that? Why try to break up the family then try to glue us right back? You in a battle with liquor I hope for you to fight back I know that you can fight that, I know that you can fight that, I'm asking why, like? Why would you do us like that? It's like you're out of my range, I ain't worried 'bout shootin' no strap Why you had a yard and a lawn but you like to move in the trap? I mean you're just being you, nun' I can do about that, damn Why, why? Why, why? Why, why? Why, why?