Like My Daddy

(album: Black Habits - 2020)

Yeah, uh

Suit and tie, I'm super fly
Step me down, there's plenty you and I
Tired of hitting stores and seeing shit that I can't buy
Gotta get rich up in this bitch, on my nephew Mekhi
The common experience of the masses is having to work for
Everything that you get, you purchase with hurt feelings
Even when you hit ceilings, you deserve more
Until we get it, we just work more

I'm grinding like my daddy, shining like my daddy
Rolling in a Caddy
I be grinding like my daddy, shining like my daddy
Working like my daddy did, I'm glad he did
Shining like my daddy, grinding like my daddy
Working like my daddy did
Working like my daddy, grinding like my daddy
Shining like my daddy did

'Cause of you, I always tie my ties in a double Windsor
We was just some ninjas in the wood, you Master Splinter
Thought I could get away wit'... you caught me masturbating
Didn't get mad, you just laughed and helped me master dating
All the game you gave 'em helped, that boy go slay 'em, though
That reputation as a player, ho, start laying low
Kamehameha, you was Goku, Super Saiyan, pro
And I'm just training to be just like you one day and more

I'm grinding like my daddy, shining like my daddy
Rolling in a Caddy
I be grinding like my daddy, shining like my daddy
Working like my daddy did, I'm glad he did
Shining like my daddy, grinding like my daddy
Working like my daddy did
Working like my daddy, grinding like my daddy
Shining like my daddy did

Vacuum cleaner, I'll smack you if you miss it
Coaching, teaching, hoping that we get it
Locked up for that rock stuff, we was living
Say something 'bout him, you get socked up from his children

Cool as a Klondike with frostbite next to a Slurpee (Slurpee)
Prison push-ups for your pecs and next it was burpees (Burpees)
And when you flex, you could set a cup on your chest
Plus, you had women of every shade showing interest
But I guess that your preference was Hershey (Hershey)
You and my mama was a mess, you both met on the church scene (Yeah)
What happened next had preacher and singer begging for mercy
Three sons in three years, hot damn, get my mom off the gurney
Calm off the ganja, but in the eighties they gave us guns and a drug meant to spawn our destruction
They locked you up for robbing Peter, so Paul give you substance
It was all in God's plan 'cause Sir Davion and Dan got accustomed to ruckus, fear no man
Hear no evil, take your chance
Shoot your shot, and if they talking shit, take off
And if you fighting, try not to get caught
And if they catch you, don't say shit 'bout who you wit' because you might get off

It's a cold, cold world waiting for you, black boy (Boy)
But you stay optimistic and loyal, ask for (For)
Exactly what you want and God'll give it to you
I done my time and now it's yours, I'm 'bout to live it through you

'Cause I'm your daddy, I'm proud to be your daddy
I'll always be your daddy
'Cause I'm your daddy, I'm proud to be your daddy
Won't leave you like my daddy did, I'm sad he did
But I'll always be your daddy, just call on me, your daddy
I'll pull up in a Caddy
Yeah, I'm your daddy, I'm proud to be your daddy
Won't leave you like my daddy did

When I came home, the most important thing to me was to be a father to my sons
Uh, I did also feel I had a unrepayable debt to my wife for holding on
For not replacing me, you know, not letting my sons call another man daddy
And so even being good to them is being good to her
Uh, I enjoy the fact that, you know, we made a mutual decision for me to stay home with the boys
And, um, she was free to pursue her career
In music, you know, that year she sang with... with Michael Jackson
Uh, Gladys Knight, you know, a lot of the OG, uh, singers and stuff
And she did well, she even made a... a M&M's commercial that we lived off of
With the royalties and stuff
But that was the thing, I... I needed to fulfill that promise
That I wouldn't abandon my sons like I got abandoned