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(OOOH)

Don't know where to run, got nowhere to hide
All these toxic thoughts locked away inside me
Wish I still had my dad around to guide me
Cancer took him from me and it left me stymied
But if he was here he wouldn't wanna hear it
He would say boy just attack it never fear it
So I gotta honor daddy's legacy
Work every day and try to be a better me

I've been talking my shit since I realized I had a mouth
When I was young, I couldn't wait to get my ass up out the south
Can't tell you why, but I knew there was something I didn't know
Still felt the cries of my ancestors born right into Jim Crow
Mom and dad did everything to guard us from the bullshit
Preachers did their best to try to calm us from the pulpit
Brothers had enough instead they started packing full clips
I could not get down like that, but always understood it

How much we supposed to take? (how much)
How long we supposed to wait? (how long)
Before we choose our own fate (our own)
And start making people pay (y'all pay)
Half the news is half fake (half fake)
Somehow, it's always our mistake (our fault)
It's a game you forced us to play (y'all game)
Then threw the rulebook away (away)

Don't know where to run, got nowhere to hide
All these toxic thoughts locked away inside me
Wish I still had my dad around to guide me
Cancer took him from me, and it left me stymied
And if he was here, he wouldn't want to hear it
He would say, boy just attack it never fear it
So I gotta honor daddys legacy
Work every day and try to be a better me

I've been ducking my pain since I realized I was in pain
I've neglected my brain I've seen the edges of insane
Luckily, my ladies, they kept me believing
Mommy, Wifey, babies, that's what kept me breathing
Men, I swear we are the worst at dealing with our feelings
Icy on the outside, internally bleeding
Don't know how to ask for help and nowhere close to healing
End up making bad decisions turn up somewhere reeling

How much we supposed to take? (how much)
How long we supposed to wait? (how long)
Before we choose our own fate (our own)
And start making people pay (y'all pay)
Half the news is half fake (half fake)
Somehow, it's always our mistake (our fault)
Your game you force us to play (y'all game)
Then throw the rulebook away (away)

Don't know where to run, got nowhere to hide
All these toxic thoughts locked away inside me
Wish I still had my dad around to guide me
But cancer took him from me and it left me stymied
But if he was here he wouldn't wanna hear it
He would say boy just attack it never fear it
So I gotta honor daddy's legacy
Work every day and try to be a better me

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(OOOH)