FATHERLESS Lyrics

If I knew that fool he wouldn't taught me too damn much

Play it off like bruised ankles try and ball like two hand touch

G'ma got a smooth hand tho, dismantle attitude with some grace

Act like you wanna talk back, she'd smack that look up off your face

That's hot meals, soul and common sense

But anger grew came consequence

School bored me, see the mind was dense

The streets called but came providence, where Mama is

Picked up that same phone, she ain't been home since

Till the block caught up with her, she got shot in hip

Thought maybe that shit wouldn't happen, if a man was around

Saw that .38 spec' in the closet, guess I gotta man up now

Couldn't be further from the truth, I still was a child

Enjoy your youth… little did I know that the shit would get wild

Downtown at the Y, Eleven year old just looking for my Mom

But they took me away, heaven only knows where the hell was my Pops

Ain't a thang he could offer me, you can't miss what you never had

That's a whole lot of God, with a little bit hood, shit made for a better Dad

Fatherless, but it don't bother him

Raised by joy and pain

From boy to a man

A trained father figure

Bother us, nah… it don't bother him

Unfazed by what they say about

Men don't stay around

Came out a polished gem

Ay

Born out of wedlock so it's prayers by the bed side

Now I'm a step-father, give these kids everything I got

That's wisdom, maturity, patience, learning this, was life's meaning

That's loving their mother through struggles, hoping their eyes could see it

And their hearts could feel it…you not defined by trauma

And it ain't about being soft…it's trying to find balance

Decisions I faced in my everyday could've end a period knowing

There's got to more to this hell; that is the reason for this semi colon

My father don't know I exist, my mother tried to amend

But he treated her like she was nothing he got own wife and kids

And I ain't missing out on shit, my spiritual family know it

My brother reached out with the hope when, I would've fucked around and just blew it

Blessings been neutral salute to my soldiers in return

Knowing time heals all wounds building bridges where they burned

And ain't a thing he could offer me, you can't miss what you never had

That's a whole lot of God, with a bit hood, shit made for a better Dad

Fatherless, but it don't bother him

Raised by joy and pain

From boy to a man

A trained father figure

Bother us, nah… it don't bother him

Unfazed by what they say about

Men don't stay around

Came out a polished gem