The Gifted
Im about to tell a story listen up
Father father, oh lord (x3)
Father Father why have u forsaken me
You weren't there for me
Was there a mistake in me
Mistakenly
I grew up without a father figure
Go figure black kid with no active father
Why do i even bother
I grew without a dad and it made me kinda sad
He couldn't see me when I became a high school grad
Thank god for my mom cause she f**in made me strong
She said That everything is alright and that nothing was wrong
He used to live with the fam until he moved to the states
I never knew they reason why so it affect my mind state
As a child I used to visit him a flight with no connection
Never had a real connection They say we had the same complexion
They say I look like him they say he looks like me
They say that the apple didn't fall far from the tree
He started feeling kinda sick I prayed to god that he would fix
But it was his time and that was it
He pa**ed in the fall of 06
When they had to say the news knew I would have the blues
At 4oclock came home from school
Found family in my living room
When they told me about his fate
Man you should of seen my face because I thought it was fake
But it was real that he was late
Always thought the world was cold
Lost my father, 14 years old
The cards were dealt he had to fold
To the heavens went his soul
I Gotta be hard like gold
Because that is what i was told
He'll never see me grow old
He'll never see me grow old
(Talking)
I just wanted to make this song
To tell people my story
About how i lost my father at a young age
And i wasn't really close to him
Because i never had a real man to man conversation with him so this it
But hes probably watching over me from the heavens
Thinking i got one hell of a son
Had to Take a flight to Haiti to attend the funeral
To witness the burial thinking to myself like here we go
Family members all around and the tears are flowing down
The casket was going down, looking around at all the frowns
One lesson he thought me is that family means everything
Brothers sisters cousins I can ask them anything
I know He is in the sky pointing at me looking down
Father please tell me really, did i somehow let you down ... huh?
Did i let you down with the things that i have done
Or the things that are to come
Do u look at me with a smile do u look at with frown
You're way up there, i know That you are looking down
He was the king, so he left me with the crown
Used to ride your car round town
When I used ride with u, i never had a frown
Am i the man you wanted me to be
Daddy can u hear me
Blind without you i can't even see
Your way up there, do u even really care
Its so unfair how you're upstairs and i am here
I shall not fear, without u near
Man I miss my f**in padre
Shout out to my f**in madre
Now they look at me and they mistake me for f**ing dr dre
Won't stop til i make a fuxkin million a day
Then i will retire on fathers day
Dont know what i gotta say (x2)....ahhhhhhh
Father father father father father father .... i miss u
R.I.P