| His name is Jonathon—middle-class black kid in college and
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| Wondering why the white girls be always calling him
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| Momma said, «Keep ya head level. |
| Don’t sleep with them devils
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| ‘Cause one day they’re gonna bring you trouble.»
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| Months later, having biz with Kate, Jake, and Tina
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| After that, Tina spread eagle on the speaker
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| She knocking down his laptop, the phone off the receiver
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| She having Growing Pains like my man Ben Seaver
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| Screaming how baby daddy Jake could take her higher
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| Fascinated with hip hop and nice tires
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| Save the Last Dance, oh, oh, and Jungle Fever
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| Snoop Doggy Dog, 50 Cent, Derek Jeter
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| Bob Marley. |
| Princess smoke weed after Daddy
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| Calls in, call gone. |
| Afterwards,
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| Went off for a few months behind closed doors
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| When she stopped bleeding one month, outta control
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| Went to the clinic, three hundred dollars she spended
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| Daddy said no nigga babies on his insurance
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| Even told Tina to say she was a victim
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| Call up the police so the law can come get him
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| Level-headed white girl—you had to give her that
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| She didn’t get Jon the cuffs and bad rap
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| Stop seeing him though ‘cause her parents said so
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| «Niggas ain’t nothing but trouble,» her momma let her know
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| Back to Jonathon—middle-class black kid in college and
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| He wondering why he can’t sleep—his heart bother him
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| Thinking ‘bout this chick named Tina, who used to love to see him
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| But now she won’t return his calls either
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| At first it was a novel affair, but then it turned to care
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| They even talked about taking it there
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| On the raps, yes. |
| Then it turned to love because
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| Only meeting after dark made it stronger than drugs
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| Too wrapped up in what people just might say
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| ‘Cause he a regular nigga. |
| She ain’t from around the way
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| Actually, just the opposite—her daddy had offices
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| High-level partisan who majored in politics
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| Only gave her dollars when she really needed fathering
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| The only man that gave a damn was this dude, Jonathan
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| Didn’t want to have the abortion, but her father insisted
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| He screamed that it would ruin her image
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| Even pulled some favors so it was off record
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| Threw some money at her, told her it was for better
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| But was it for the better? |
| Now, now, that was the question
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| She used her discretion, realized she need a blessing
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| Picked up her phone and dialed his number slow
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| Praying that John maybe be home |