Open Your Eyes

So then I told her You wanna go to war act like a soldier I'm dipping right now till I'm old like Whitey Bulger I'll repent in my nineties and hopefully get some closure Avoid the friction, bitter like Folgers My position, crossed oceans For addiction, to new cultures I've been drinking, don't tell the others May be haram, but what's the harm And another one will come As sure as the day brings sun All I wanna do is live my life not tied down and have fun I refuse to be undone by anyone even you hun So till I lay cold and old don't even mention my fucking son And by then he might like me To be honest its more than likely Time heals all wounds and with some space he might love me so slightly As long as he don't fight me Well Will you write me Do you think about me Do you hear my voice Know its me naturally Never cross your mind do I Papi Would you recognise me Born with hate for you imbued old man And I'll never shake that off old man So it's best that you steer clear goddamn I never wanna see that face of yours in the flesh old man You'll never see how much I've grown Cause that needs time with me spent and known I don't need you for me to find my home The motherland which you don't own I built myself Nusu and proud and draped in gold I stand alone in understanding this Grandad was good but what he know of living black in this abyss Built me up with love and care but that don't stop the pain and fits Treated me like a white kid when I need know the truth of it That don't cross your mind since you got married and had your new kid I pray you care for her better than me you know just what you did You know just what you did I was formed half love and half through spite Untethered now I'm free to live my life No perceptions shall stop me from taking flight My flight