| Talked to my dad on the phone today
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| He broke down and apologized
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| Said he sorry for the way things got fucked up
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| And he wished he did a better job
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| Couldn’t see his face but I could hear his watered eyes
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| I could hear him loud and clear wonder what am I
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| Understand me, I just want to see him try
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| But he didn’t want to see us so he just shut his eyes
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| Told him don’t sweat it I’m good, I’m fine
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| Your childhood was no harder than mine
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| I know he’s your dad but motherfuck my grandpa and the daughters that he
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| victimized
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| And the way that he treated his sons when your brother was alive
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| Once upon a time
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| And I know that you still don’t believe in the way that he died
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| Honestly neither do I but we just comply
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| Nod our head, move on
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| Brand new city new wife new mom
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| All those days you whooped my ass
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| Those same nights I wished you gone
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| So I hid in the bathroom and I wrote my first song without a beat
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| Hid the dirty clothes underneath the crack in the door
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| So you couldn’t ever see my feet
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| Let the water run so you couldn’t hear my voice
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| Hid the notebook so you never ever knew
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| Song after song
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| Page after page
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| Day after day
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| Writin' songs about you
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| So when you say that you proud of me now
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| Can’t explain what that means
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| We are who we are because of that shit
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| So no I don’t want to be
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| In a perfect world
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| Where nothin' ever goes wrong
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| Far, far away from here oh
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| Water from the tears I
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| Wonder how the other go
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| Talked to my big bro bro today
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| He broke down and apologized
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| Said he’s sorry for the way things got fucked up
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| And he wish he did a better job
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| As he rolled up a blunt of some medical pine
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| Lit it but he didn’t want to hit it this time
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| Hands started shakin' and then he started cryin'
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| Shit had been building in the pit of his mind
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| He said
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| I wish I never robbed my brothers
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| I wish I never robbed those bitches
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| Now any time somebody can’t find they shit
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| And they can’t find me
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| Then I’m suspicious
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| Don’t nobody think I’m sufficient
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| And my time is ticking
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| I wish I never dropped out of school
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| Now it’s either sell dope or wash them dishes
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| I said look my friend, my dawg
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| I know you feel lost and that’s real (true)
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| But you wouldn’t want to feel warmer inside if you never had gotten them chills
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| (true)
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| Could you save your son from fallin' this far if you don’t know how that shit
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| feels
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| If Anthony never od’d and died then I would prolly still be poppin' pills
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| Rest his soul
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| We are who we are
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| You don’t enjoy thinkin' back that far
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| This shit wasn’t easy most times it was hard
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| But the darkest of nights make the brightest of stars
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| So be the light in the dark
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| Fuck bein' the norm
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| Some days I wish it was easier too, but shit we were not born
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| In a perfect world
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| Where nothing ever goes wrong
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| Far, far away from me no
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| Water from the tears I
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| Wonder how the other go
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| In a perfect world |