Daddy - Plies

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 shit

I probably wouldn’t ever be shit if I had my daddy

The only reason I say that

Cuz without my daddy

I had to get out here and get it

I probably wouldn’t be shit if I had my daddy

My daddy, my daddy

If I had my daddy, my daddy

I probably wouldn’t be shit if I had my daddy

My daddy, my daddy

If I had my daddy, my daddy

I probably wouldn’t be shit if I had my daddy

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

Bitch I had to go and get it

Had nobody hold my hand

Nigga I had to scrap for it

Same shit 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 ass

Had to get down in these trenches

Had to come up with a plan

Had to start making power moves

Nigga had to get some cash

Had to get my hands dirty

No more of that pretty shit

Nigga had to man up

Couldn’t ask my momma for shit

Dad I still fuck with him

Ain’t mad at him at all

Did what he had to do

I did what I had to dawg

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

Shit 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 nigga

Use em for motivation

Out here head first

No time for contemplating

Know niggas that had dads

They couldn’t make it on their own

Know niggas without one

Grind like they fuckin grown

Come out they fold nigga

Back up against the wall

Tired of meeting them ceilings nigga

Had to make em my own

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 fuck wit my ol' boy

It’s just

A nigga that ain’t got their daddy

There’s the whole

Make a nigga grow up fast, know what I’m sayin'

Lot of shit I wouldn’t of known, lot of shit I would of never learned

If I had a nigga to hold my hand, know what I’m sayin'

When a nigga gotta go out here and get it

All bets off

Nigga can’t cry about it, nigga just gonna have to go and get it