Intro:
(Robert): I'm good, b...so I could start chasing my grandkids if I ever have some!
(Hector): that's the same shit I be saying, yo
That's the same shit I be saying with my kids, bro
(Robert): GRANDKIDS! Macho...he ain't...he ain't gon give you none...never...we're waiting, b, we're waiting, we're getting old, yo. We usually have them when we're 50
V1: like father, like son, how could that be?, you didn't stay/baby mama drama, guess that was enough to walk away...led astray- healthy households were never on display/hesitate- I grew up around families that'd separate...
Dad would bring me on the bike, he was cheating on those rides/in the crib with different bitches, he was keeping me outside...who would've known that I would grow- and be a cheater in my life?/though I forgave him as a man, there's still some things that I despise...
Heard lies from my mother's side, lies from my father's side/since a preteen, Honesty was always compromised...was going through my hardest times, sat in that apartment crying/child support and family courts, ignored him when he's walking by
Look...
Bridge: self-reflecting, questioning how I lived/fam asks me when I plan to have kids, it always hits...there's no way to put it simpler than this- I'm still facing childhood traumas, where a child can't coexist...but-
Hook: where do I even begin?...
Where do I even begin?...
Forgive me for the sins that I really keep committing...
This my journey, this my path, ooh/praying up to God, this ain't the worst thing I could ask, ooh...need a lil guidance- unlearning what I have to- to be a better man in this little life of mine
V2: I know we're good now, but growing up was wild, I couldn't say- all the fights with stepfather, all the arguing and hate...all the problems we encountered, shit that I would tolerate/saying how he ain't my dad, but HE was watching me be great...taught me boxing, ripped my artbooks when I dropped alot in grades/every time I'd disrespect, he really socked me in the face...all the punishments, downplayed accomplishments/had flaws and he was mocking them, he helped me grow confidence...I noticed as I got older, he was filling a void/he didn't get to raise HIS son, I was a privileged boy...but ungrateful, these days, I'm thankful/we never played catch, but we caught fish on the same boat...my real dad had a stroke, could've been an angel/we caught up, now we're all standing in the same room...sitting at the table, no tension, just saying "I'm so proud of how they raised you"...now that's a great view...see, if you been through what I been through, you would change too/these days, we're healing from these wounds, this band-aid's new...
These were days I prayed for...good memories, and now we've made more/
No drama with my loved ones, a Father is a name for-
Bridge: the man who raised me, and he who never did...fam asks me when I plan to have a kid...there's no way to put it simpler than this- I'm still healing, but I'll be the greatest father that there is
For real...
Hook: where do I even begin?...
Where do I even begin?
Forgive me for the sins that I really keep committing...
This my journey, this my path, ooh/praying up to God, this ain't the worst thing I could ask, ooh...need a lil guidance- unlearning what I have to- to be a better man in this little life of mine
Outro:
(Hector): I worked construction..."off the books"... because if I didn't work "off the books," I would have to pay, ummm, a hundred and- a hundred dollars a week per kid...
(RottenMynded): per kid?...
(Hector): per kid...
(RottenMynded): see, THIS is why I don't have kids
(Hector): yeah...and I have 5 kids
(Rob): that's why I say "Don't fuck up when you have a kid"...you know...some girls are VERY devious
(RottenMynded): yeah, I know. But me and Kathy work together very well
(Robert): I was paying- I was giving this nigga alot of money...he was taking my income tax and everything, I was just mad. Every year, it was "this motherfucker"...couldn't even give me- couldn't even give me 5 dollars-
(RottenMynded): I'm not part of this conversation, I'm sorry ya'll
(Robert): ain’t even give me 5 dollars when I was broke and they had all that money
(Lil Robert): what happened?
(RottenMynded): they're talking about the child support they used to give us
(Robert): remember I used to give you all that money?
"Nooo"
(Robert): you had a brand new bed, you had everything, I had NOTHING!
(Lil Robert): what the fuck you're talking about? It's not MY fault. I didn't put you on child support, bruh
(RottenMynded): that's a cute ceiling here, huh? Hey everybody, look at this ceiling
