| (Verse 1) | |
| Daddy's got a new life now | |
| A new daughter and a new male child | |
| A new swagger wid some real style | |
| New car new house brand new spouse | |
| Little shitty dog named Pouts wid smile on his mouth | |
| We'll be straight up we're forgotten cause developed a plan | |
| Once the monkey takes some time to hang with his own fam | |
| Hap' and gay to let ya know he still cares and such | |
| Ya won't grow apart too much from bein' outta touch | |
| But he wasn't there for him on the daily ghetto basis | |
| In order to drop jewels I stay clear of the racists | |
| Heavy promises became weightless | |
| Sincerity became faintless | |
| He's praying for a Santa A-list | |
| Time is passin' by yet his scars remain ageless | |
| He called him on the phone to say pop's | |
| This'll take a minute of ya time | |
| But his wishes were divined | |
| By the disenchanted tone at the end of the line, hang up | |
| He tried to look strong in front of mom back up | |
| John stop lookin' forward to the day you gonna see him on | |
| Dry ya eye to eye and you'll receive an embrace | |
| From a lost heart that's pumpin' blood up to a guilty face | |
| He's gonna try to find ways to make up for the last twenty nine days | |
| Or was it thirty, I think he heard me | |
| In situations like this ya speech becomes wordy | |
| He's got a hundred million ways to tell me not to worry | |
| But this time I wasn't hangin' on his every sentence | |
| Ears crippled by the pain and negligence so was the tendence | |
| He spoke I couldn't hear a word I zoned into black I observed | |
| My only thoughts were missin' out on love that I deserved | |
| Tryin' to convince myself I'm weak within the mental | |
| The silence breaks because your father's guidance is essential | |
| He's lookin' down with a smile sayin' that the future will be great | |
| I don't see that dad, but what about the now? | |
| Johnny come and leave ya dad alone now | |
| Yeh it's just you and momma now | |
| Stop the cryin' now, just try to smile now | |
| Try to think of other things now | |
| Momma's got another date now | |
| You can get through all the anger and the hate now | |
| Calm down and wipe ya face now | |
| I know it seems to be hard | |
| but I promise you we'll make it through somehow | |
| *scratching* "And now" | |
| (Verse 2) | |
| Little girl their firstborn their sunshine | |
| Never been a reader wrong get it right one time | |
| Here's how it goes, she's off to school an' dancin' on her toes | |
| At an hour long ballet class then on to the piano | |
| Two hours of repetition, emulatin' class with music compositions | |
| Do your homework with precision | |
| By nine-o-clock she collapses in a heat of dizziness | |
| But sleep so tomorrow you'll repeat ya busi-ness | |
| She got straight A's a stroke of her stress | |
| Throughout her maydays but drawn up out the melees | |
| Her mom and dad tryna blame each other different ways she stop and gaze | |
| Thinkin' how it drives her crazy when their voices raised | |
| This the web that ruins most of her days | |
| From her perfection was expected | |
| an exec that workin' hard without receivin' any raise | |
| At night she cries when she lays | |
| Then she wakes up, washes up smiles and goes along like it's okay | |
| On to high school, there's more intensity within her cycle | |
| She's makin' all the guys drool | |
| Here comes the extra tight rules | |
| No late, not with college on the plate | |
| Practice hard, study hard stay in focus keep ya head straight | |
| Now she's a nervouse wreck, lookin' to collect | |
| Anything that she can smoke swallow drink or inject | |
| When she was mentally gone she went to the prom | |
| Had dates and actually could sit down | |
| discuss relationships with her mom | |
| But tell me how much pressure can a person take | |
| Before they break and maybe crush this on a large enough escape | |
| So one night she turned in but stayed up late | |
| At her desk with a single piece of paper and a papermate | |
| Here's mom a federal team waked at daybreak | |
| What she saw made her knees shake the death of dear Kate | |
| The note said here's the future of your fuckin' perfect child | |
| Please be proud I'm livin' for the now | |
| Do your work, clean your room now | |
| Take the makeup off your face now | |
| Eat your dinner now, get off the phone now | |
| Leave the boys alone now | |
| Saturday night, you stayin' home now | |
| Go to your room and sit alone now | |
| Katie with the needle how | |
| Look baby momma needs you now | |
| Breathe now, God why did this have to be now | |
| *scratching of line* "And Now!" (until fade) |
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