J Dilla - Man's World lyrics

[Intro] All I ever did was love you man All I ever wanted you to do was love me I'm a part of you [Verse 1] This is a man's world That's what my old man told me In the living room listening to the oldies Playing dominoes drinking shots of stolies With his friends we refer to them homies Drug dealers and addicts some parolees Pimps and mac superflys and goldies I remember everything the cat showed me How to kick it with the females and roll weed It seems pop took more time to scold me I figured that was his little way to control me Through hard times he never did console me His daddy I bought his old colby I was his son but you didn't really know me I lived life pretending things was rosy Standing firm on the concrete below me A part of you old dude low and behold me [Refrain] Everything is yours this a man's world Now get your a** off the phone with them damn girls Chasing nuts the downfall of the damn squirrel Get your head in them books man Stand up straight and look in my eye I'm hard on you cause I love you And that's no lie I'm sorry about the bruise on your face understand You're still my son I'm still your old man [Verse 2] I don't really understand everything I do So please help me out I'm like you part 2 My old dude was something to see My only idol everything I wanted to be All I want to know is what you wanted from me I did more right than wrong And that's the reason I write this song It's therapy for my mind while I light the bong sh** hurts, but I feel like life goes on Be a man s** it up By fifteen I'm ducking left hooks and uppercuts I fought back in many ways it made me toughen up Surely it's the reason this limited love with us It's something I won't get past soon That's real proof that time don't heal all wounds But still I learned a lot you see When I have a son now I know how not to be [Refrain]