[Intro]
I remember somebody asked me
If I think my life would of been different
If I would of had my daddy in my life
I thought about it for a minute
And then sh**
I probably wouldn’t ever be sh** if I had my daddy
The only reason I say that
Cuz without my daddy
I had to get out here and get it
[Hook]
I probably wouldn’t be sh** if I had my daddy
My daddy, my daddy
If I had my daddy, my daddy
I probably wouldn’t be sh** if I had my daddy
My daddy, my daddy
If I had my daddy, my daddy
I probably wouldn’t be sh** if I had my daddy
[Verse 1]
Probably wouldn’t have saw before
Probably wouldn’t even know how to grind
Probably would of still been on the porch
Probably would of had a sheltered life
b**h I had to go and get it
Had nobody hold my hand
n***a I had to scrap for it
Same sh** made me a man
Soon as my daddy left
Had to grow up fast
Couldn’t run to him for help
Had to get up off my a**
Had to get down in these trenches
Had to come up with a plan
Had to start making power moves
n***a had to get some cash
Had to get my hands dirty
No more of that pretty sh**
n***a had to man up
Couldn’t ask my momma for sh**
Dad I still f** with him
Ain’t mad at him at all
Did what he had to do
I did what I had to dawg
[Hook]
[Verse 2]
Momma was on E
Daddy was on dope
Brother was in the streets
I was just learning the ropes
Got tired of hearing no
Trying to hear yes sometimes
Got tired of begging people
sh** had to go for mine
Wasn’t there for school plays
Wasn’t there for graduation
Wasn’t there to pay rent
Wasn’t there for conversation
Add up my moves n***a
Use em for motivation
Out here head first
No time for contemplating
Know n***as that had dads
They couldn’t make it on their own
Know n***as without one
Grind like they f**in grown
Come out they fold n***a
Back up against the wall
Tired of meeting them ceilings n***a
Had to make em my own
[Hook]
[Verse 3:]
I just look at it like that (that’s how I look at it)
I feel sometimes blessing in disguise, know what I’m sayin’
And it don’t mean I don’t f** wit my ol’ boy
It’s just
A n***a that ain’t got their daddy
There’s the whole
Make a n***a grow up fast, know what I’m sayin’
Lot of sh** I wouldn’t of known, lot of sh** I would of never learned
If I had a n***a to hold my hand, know what I’m sayin’
When a n***a gotta go out here and get it
All bets off
n***a can’t cry about it, n***a just gonna have to go and get it
[Hook]