| I can’t, I won’t, I can’t, I won’t
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| Let you leave
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| I don’t know what you want, you want
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| Want from me
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| She said to him
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| «I want you to be a father, he’s your little boy
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| And you don’t even bother, like
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| ‘Brother' without the ‘R', and he’s starting to harbor
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| Cool on food for thought, but for you he’s a starver
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| Starting to use red markers on his work
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| His teacher say they know he’s much smarter
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| But he’s hurt
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| Used to hand his homework in first like he was the classroom starter.»
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| Burst to tears, let him know she’s serious
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| «Now he’s fighting in class
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| Got a note last week that says he might not pass
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| Ask me if his daddy was sick of us
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| Cause you ain’t never pick him up
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| You see what his problem is?
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| He don’t know where his poppa is
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| No positive male role model
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| To play football and build railroad models
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| It’s making a hole; |
| you’ve been digging it
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| Cause you ain’t been kicking it
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| Since he was old enough to hold bottles
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| He wasn’t supposed to get introduced to that
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| He don’t deserve to get used to that
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| Now I ain’t asking you for money or to come back to me
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| Some days it ain’t sunny, but it ain’t so hard
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| Just breaks my heart
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| When I try to provide and he say 'Mommy, that ain’t your job'
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| To be a man, I try to make him understand
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| That I’m his number one fan
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| But it’s like you booing from the stands
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| You know the world is out to get him
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| So why don’t you give him a chance?»
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| I can’t, I won’t, I can’t, I won’t
|
| Let you leave
|
| I don’t know what you want, you want
|
| Want from me
|
| So he said to him
|
| «I want you to be a father, I’m your little boy
|
| And you don’t even bother, like
|
| ‘Brother' without the ‘R', and I’m starting to harbor
|
| Cool and food for thought, but for you I’m a starver
|
| Starting to use red markers on my work
|
| My teacher say they know I’m much smarter
|
| But I’m hurt
|
| I used to hand my homework in first
|
| Like I was the classroom starter.»
|
| Burst to tears, let him know he’s serious
|
| «Now I’m fighting in class
|
| Got a note last week that say I might not pass
|
| Kids ask me if my daddy is sick of us
|
| Cause you ain’t never pick me up
|
| You see what my problem is?
|
| That I don’t know where my poppa is
|
| No positive male role model
|
| To play football and build railroad models
|
| It’s making a hole; |
| you’ve been digging it
|
| Cause you ain’t been kicking it
|
| Since I was old enough to hold bottles
|
| Wasn’t supposed to get introduced to that
|
| I don’t deserve to get used to that
|
| Now I ain’t asking you for money or to come back to me
|
| Some days it ain’t sunny but it ain’t so hard
|
| Just breaks my heart
|
| When my momma try to provide and I tell her 'That ain’t your job'
|
| To be a man, she try to make me understand
|
| That she my number one fan
|
| But its like you booing from the stands
|
| You know the world is out to get me
|
| Why don’t you give me a chance?»
|
| I can’t, I won’t, I can’t, I won’t
|
| Let you leave
|
| I don’t know what you want, you want
|
| Want from me
|
| I can’t, I won’t, I can’t, I won’t
|
| Let you leave
|
| I don’t know what you want, you want
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| Want from me |