Credits
PERFORMING ARTISTS
Little Brother
Performer
COMPOSITION & LYRICS
A. Ingram
Songwriter
J. Mitchell
Songwriter
M. Franks
Songwriter
M. Willis
Songwriter
P. Coleman
Songwriter
Patrick Douthit
Songwriter
T. Jones
Songwriter
Lyrics
[Verse 1]
Time to face it
Sitting in the middle
Of the basement
Holding a Jack
How I'm anticipating
He gon' call me back
[Verse 2]
Got so much on my mind
Ain't no holding it back
In fact, I give a fuck
How he gon' react
For my first nineteen
Asking where Lee at
[Verse 3]
Never seen him in the spots
Where we be at
For the next couple hours
I sat till the phone rang
No luck, or no cigar
[Verse 4]
So I said to myself
I'll try tomorrow
Me and Vincent left out
Went to shoot some ball
Came back had a message
Like, this your pa
[Verse 5]
Then I took to the phone
Conversation was raw
Shit, I had to let him know
That his child was scarred
[Verse 6]
And right now
We working through our mess
But I had to get some shit
Off my chest
So bear with me y'all
[Verse 7]
(Check it out now)
Just want to take
The time to let you know
Sometimes it's hard to
Let my feelings show
The thoughts of guarantees
Are really so
This is all for you, you
[Verse 8]
I was looking at your photograph
Amazed how I favored you
I remember being young
Wanting to play with you
'Cause you was a wild
And crazy dude
And now I understand
Why my momma couldn't
Never stay with you
[Verse 9]
From the roots to the
Branch to the leaves
They say apples don't fall
Far from the trees
Used to find it hard to believe
And I swore that I would
Always hold my family
As long as I could
But damn
[Verse 10]
Our memories can
Be so misleading
It's misery, I hate to see
History repeating
Thought you were the bad guy
[Verse 11]
But I guess that's why
Me and my girl split
And my son is leaving
I did chores, did bills
And did dirt
But I swear to God
I tried to make that shit work
[Verse 12]
Till I came off tour
To a empty house
With all the dressers
And the cabinets
Emptied out
I think I must've went insane
Thinking I was in love
But really in chains
[Verse 13]
Trapped to this girl
Through the two year old
Who carried my name
I tried to stop tripping
But yo, I couldn't
And the plot thickened
[Verse 14]
That shit affected me, largely
Because I know a lot of people
Want me to fail as a father
And the thought of that haunts me
Especially when I check
My rear-view mirror
And don't see him
In his car seat
[Verse 15]
So the next time
It's late at night
And I'm laid up with
The woman I'ma make my wife
Talking 'bout how we gon'
Make a life
I'm thinking about child support
Alimony, visitation rights
[Verse 16]
'Cause that's the only outcome
If you can't make it right
Pissed off with your children
Feeling the same pain
So, Pop, how could I blame you
'Cause you couldn't maintain
I did the same thing
The same thing
[Verse 17]
Just want to take
The time to let you know
Sometimes it's hard to
Let my feelings show
The thoughts of guarantees
Are really so
This is all for you, you
[Verse 18]
Just want to let you know
I want to let you know
Sometimes it's hard
To let my feelings show
Oh, yeah, yeah, yeah
[Verse 19]
I just want to
Just want to take
The time to let you know
Sometimes it's hard to
Let my feelings show
The thoughts of guarantees
Are really so
This is all for you, you
[Verse 20]
Just wanna, yeah
I wanna
I wanna
Yeah, yeah, yeah
[Verse 21]
Oh, yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah
Yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah
Oh
To you, to you
Written by: A. Ingram, J. Mitchell, M. Franks, M. Willis, P. Coleman, Patrick Douthit, T. Jones
