[ Intro ]
Yeah, I used to be alone....in my zone
uh, I-I recall the past,no I reminisce the present.
Hell yeah I'm, thinkin' of the future.
[ Verse-1 ]
uh
I've been askin', too many f**in' questions.
And I've be gettin', too many f**in' answers.
I'm goin' through my thoughts thinkin' o' the hell I've been.
where the heaven's been?, that's the most I've been askin'.
I been askin' why this sh** does have to happen to me?.
Supposed to happen to whom? to whom it meant to happen?
Buh what's amazin', none o' them, makes a f**in' sense.
And what's amazin', all along, I've been senses.
I tried to look for help but I gotta help myself.
Tell me if I'm f**in' sick,then you never struggle.
You never struggle, it be mentally, prolly the whole entire life.
Livin' on a absolute dilemma and predicaments.
At first I thought it was, f**in' nightmare.
Livin' on a absolute, the whole entire f**in' dream.
As grew up I told myself I'll never take.
what my dad did, as my dad did.
[ Chorus ]
As my dad did...that I'll never do never do.
As my dad done...that I'll never take never take.
I'll never ever imitate what he did, what he did.
Infact I'll never ever try to emulate that's a fact.
As my dad did that I'll never do never do.
As my dad done that I'll never take never take.
I'll never ever imitate what he did, what he did.
Infact I'll never ever try to emulate that's a fact.
[ Interlude 1 ]
Yeah, uh
that's a fact when I try not to imitate.
that's a fact when I try to emulate.
As I grew up I tried not to imitate
[ Verse 2 ]
uh
As I grew up I tried to hide the pain I felt.
Because I gotta make the pain I felt the joy I'll f**in' live.
I gotta make the pain appear without the f**in' tears.
Because I already drank my f**in' tears n***a I made the toast.
I grew up as tough n***a and I never cry.
I made, all the tough decisions I was never wrong.
I used to be an "A" kid back, in the school.
Now am "A" plus when I do my f**in' sh**.
Prolly where dad is thinkin' bout my f**in' life.
How the Shadow amazin', how the Shadow do his f**in' sh**.
As I grew up I told myself I'll never take.
What my dad did, as my dad did.
[ Chorus ]
As my dad did that I'll never do, never do.
As my dad done that I'll never take, never take.
I'll never ever imitate what he did, what he did.
Infact I'll never ever try to emulate that's a fact.
As my dad did that I'll never do, never do.
As my dad done that I'll never take, never take.
I'll never ever imitate what he did, what he did.
Infact I'll never ever try to emulate that's a fact.
[ Interlude 2]
Mhm-Hmmm(clearin' the throat.
Ladies and gentlemen, give it up for Shadow.
CHORUS
As my dad did that I'll never do, never do.
As my dad done that I'll never take, never take.
I'll never ever imitate what he did, what he did.
Infact I'll never ever try to emulate that's a fact.
As my dad did that I'll never do, never do.
As my dad done that I'll never take, never take.
I'll never ever imitate what he did, what he did.
Infact I'll never ever try to emulate that's a fact.