Joe Budden - Role Reversal lyrics

[Intro - Joe Budden - talking] Uh, Joey! Talk to 'em! (Check this sh**) Hopin my true motherf**ers know, realest sh** I ever wrote It's (it's), it's (it's), it's that On Top Music! [Verse 1] Check this, I be at the mall Walk up in the store, glance up at the wall Pick out a few kicks Uh, I need 11's in these, matter of fact while you at it, bring 'em in a size 6 Uh, I take shorty's shoes off, like here try on these J's, make sure them sh**s fit Uh, but in my head it gets thick, sayin "Joey fall back, 'cause that's not your kid" (OH!) I don't know you little n***a (little n***a) and plus I got a son of my own Yeah, but he's at home and the way he's bein raised, I don't really condone Nah, 'cause his pops been gone f** it, I'll explain it to him later when he grown Old enough to have a phone Askin why mommy hate me and he got to sneak to call me when ever he's alone So, you wouldn't know it but I got a soft spot for you See, we would share the same obstacles Lookin from the outside may seem like you neglect him But when he slips up and calls me "dad", I correct him I protect him When baby girl start ventin about you, I say "respect him" And though it seems out of order My own mistakes have turned me into your biggest supporter Fast forward, you wouldn't believe How I could love like mine what I didn't conceive Tryin to help him reach sh** that I never achieved Am I doin it for him or is it my own greed? 'Cause see, me and my baby moms, we don't do the conversations So I'm cramped in the back Two bedroom shack with seven people livin there, just congregatin So when your child's with me, I'm over compensatin I'm talkin eight bedrooms, seven baths My son thinkin, that's the sh** that only heaven has Mines gotta keep it cool, yours get to see the view White marble around the inground, heated pool Mines got to go to the Y sh**, yours just got to walk outside And the funny sh** (what?), the irony of it all and it's just sad Is you walked away, yet I'm the step dad Uh, and then you get on Skype (on Skype), sayin "how you bein, what's the word?" And I be in the background listenin like "this motherf**er here got some nerve" He says "bye daddy, I love you" I be wantin to snuff you but wouldn't have him thinkin less of you But he's perceptive (perceptive) and the sh**'s wild (wild) He picks up on everything and he's just a child So through all my resistance I'm afraid this two year old can already see the difference (like what?) He sees you don't provide when you capable Why we never fix things, while we're still able to? So you're annoyed, kind of hampers me Get my void, I always wanted a family (why?) Just to greet when I get through the door You gonna have to take the L, I can't give you yours (OH!) I'll do all the work, you ain't gotta be bothered You can be his dad, I'll be his father I relate though, so I know it hurts Got to be uncomfortable when the roles reversed I've been in your shoes my whole life n***a Try these on I relate though, so I know it hurts Got to be uncomfortable when the roles reversed (OH!) [Outro - Joe Budden - talking] Uh (talk to 'em) Ya mean? (I've been there) sh** can't feel good (You wanna see how it feel?) [Sample from "Give Me More" by Keyshia Cole] Give me more Give it to me everyday I need you in every way Oooh, what you do