Breakdown

Yeah Yeah Look, I just shed tears, homie, and I ain't too proud to admit it Just seen my father for the first time in a minute When I say a minute, I mean years, man Damn, a whale could have swam in them tears, fam 'Cause as I left 'em I reflected on my younger days When it was just me and my brother and my mother played Father, 'cause no other man bothered Not even my biological, it never seemed logical But I accepted it 'cause I ain't know no better Though I was brighter than a Polo sweater No pops was like Martin with no Coretta So many things you could have told me And saved me the trouble of letting my mistakes show me I feel like you barely know me And that's a shame 'cause our last name is the same That blood type flowing through our veins is the same My mama left you, and maybe your anger's to blame But that's no excuse, only you and God know the truth And why you only called monthly, barely ever saw me Spend some summers with you and played with my cousin 'Bari Maybe I should be telling you, "fuck you" 'cause you selfish But I want a father so bad, I can't help but Break down I break down Can't help but break down I break down Yeah, I never thought I'd see my mama on that shit, man It's fucking with her body, now she sick, damn I wanted a big house with the white picket fence and a pool Who would have ever thought that it would come to this, man? Quicksand is what this life feel like That shit these rappers kick is nothing like real life You made a milli off of serving hard white? Yeah, right My mama tell you what addicted to that pipe feel like Stupid niggas, ain't heard the cops be shooting niggas I swear to God, wish I could bulletproof my niggas Can't get no jobs, but they still recruiting niggas We trying to stand tall when it get too crucial niggas Break down, we break down We break down, we break down Break the break down Yeah, he's serving time, locked down And she don't want nobody to know His daughter 25 pounds By the time he get out, she gon' be 4 Now will his girl stay down? Ain't no doubt she love him, yeah that's for sure But temptation stays 'round And if she strayed, how could he ever know? Never know And so, she goes to the club on the weekend A little freaking, but them niggas holler, but she never speakin' But tonight I see the devil creeping 'Cause she been lonely, she ain't felt a man in seven seasons Damn! She doin' the best that she can Her mama tellin' her to find another man She college educated with a felon boyfriend That's what she thinkin' tonight Maybe she's right, but please Stay down mama Gotta be strong, don't break down mama Please Stay down mama Gotta be strong, don't break down mama Don't break down Yeah, don't break down Don't break down Don't break down Uh, break the break down