Fred ft. Leodale Lyrics

I ain't trynna piss you mom, but I kinda miss my dad

And I know, when it happened, yeah I was too young to understand

You were always sad

Wearing a faint smile, even when you laughed

I could see it in your eyes

Deep inside you wanna cry

'Cause of dad

By the way, granny had a part to play

I wasn't spying but she said everything right by that chair

I overheard it then I knew it

You would do it

Benny, momma is calling you, she says that it's urgent so yeah, you better move it

Well, as a nine year old

I listened as you told

All the woes

On my nose

Pouring, Victoria Falls

Looking puzzled in a daze

I know that it wasn't you

Daddy was now set to move

Momma you then told the news

You tried to keep me sheltered from it but somehow it seems

The harder that you try to do that, the more it just pushes me

Memories growing up always flooding in like a sea

I was listening to Nasty C

Then I was like, I gotta do this

You did not plan it to be this way, mom, listen to me

I am not asking, or expecting you and pops to just, you know, get back together again

Like it used to be before I was a teenager

But then of course, everything always happens for a reason

I guess it was never meant to be and it's just something we have no control over and that's what destiny is

So don't you worry, rest your head and go to sleep

I just wanna talk to Fred, just maybe 'bout a couple things

Hello Fred, this your son, Benefit Fred

I'm writing this song, lying in my bed

Last night, I was watching that show, with Robin, Barney, and Ted

And Marshall and Lily, and really it's silly

But the gist is when Barney visited his dad

Reminded me of that time me and mom

Visited you and instead

Of rejoicing and embracing me or sumn'

You asked moms who I was 'cause you ain't recognize your son

So hello Fred, it's your first son

I'm now in college, hope you proud of me, I'm a prodigy, in my spare time I make songs

And I been talking to your other kids

Took me a little time to accept them, 'cause I ain't had a dad because well, they did

And Fred, I don't resent you because you and moms broke up, you know?

I don't know what happened between the two of y'all, and I don't wanna know

Either of you could have been wrong, but if you wanna know

Why I'm not your biggest fan, well, bro

It's cause you ain't get to watch me grow

And if I had kids somewhere out there in the world

I'd at least, on occasion call

I'd wanna go there and see how they doin for sho'

So update, your oldest son is a mommas bwoy

And I used to get mad when people called me this till this epiphany

Who else's boy could I be when my daddy wasn't there for me?

And sometimes I fear I'm not gonna make a great dad

But now it's clear I'll just do the opposite of everything you did instead

Benefit Fred, this your friend, Leo

I read your text and my mind's also a cathedral

The echoes deep diving It's like finding Nemo

I got daddy issues too, guess we got a common Deebo

But my momma been around for me

Drama been a bouncy thing

Trauma been arousingly showing up when I try to flee

From this mind state that gets me wondering who I'm about to be

But I'm not gonna waste time dwelling in these shadows B

And so should you, stay true to yourself

'Cause It's only you that's living life for yourself

Not another dude, that's only a fraction of yourself

These are the same words that I used to say to myself

Now I'm passing them to you on some brotherly love

The inspiration you need, It's the past that made you who you are

Now go out there and represent the kids like us

Who're gonna be the best there ever was

It's love