Nas - Daughters (Album Version (Explicit))(2012)

[00:00.58] Check it out... I call it
[00:06.25] Yeah
[00:08.94] Yeah
[00:11.61] Yeah-Yea
[00:14.55] For my brothers with daughters, I call this
[00:17.20] For my brothers with daughters, I call this
[00:20.18] For my brothers with daughters, I call this
[00:22.86] For my brothers with daughters
[00:25.28] I saw my daughter send a letter to some boy her age
[00:27.74] Who locked up
[00:28.88] First I regretted it then caught my rage like
[00:31.12] How could I not protect her from this awful phase
[00:33.45] Never tried to hide who I was, she was taught and raised like
[00:36.26] A princess, but while I'm on stage I can't leave her defenseless
[00:39.81] Plus she's seen me switching women, pops was on some pimp shit
[00:42.75] She heard stories of her daddy thuggin'
[00:44.55] So if her husband is a gangster can't be mad, I'll love him
[00:47.33] Never, for her I want better, homie in jail - dead that
[00:50.98] Wait till he come home, you can see where his head's at
[00:53.54] Niggas got game, they be tryna live
[00:55.99] He seen your mama crib, plus I'm sure he know who your father is
[00:59.12] Although you real, plus a honest kid
[01:01.44] Don't think I'm slow, I know you probably had that chronic lit
[01:04.18] You 17, I got a problem with it
[01:06.35] She looked at me like I'm not the cleanest father figure but she rocking with it
[01:10.63] For my brothers with daughters I call this
[01:13.43] For my brothers with daughters, I call this
[01:16.18] Not sayin' that our sons are less important
[01:18.65] For my brothers with daughters, I call this
[01:24.65] For my brothers with daughters, I call this
[01:27.57] Not sayin' that our sons are less important
[01:30.82] This morning I got a call, nearly split my wig
[01:35.01] This social network said "Nas go and get ya kid"
[01:37.91] She's on Twitter, I know she ain't gon post no pic
[01:40.84] Of herself underdressed, no inappropriate shit, right
[01:44.06] Her mother cried when she answered
[01:45.82] Said she don't know what got inside this child's mind, she planted
[01:48.62] A box of condoms on her dresser then she Instagrammed it
[01:51.23] At this point I realized I ain't the strictest parent
[01:53.91] I'm too loose, I'm too cool with her
[01:55.97] Shoulda drove on time to school with her
[01:58.22] I thought I dropped enough jewels on her
[02:00.43] Took her from private school, so she can get a balance
[02:03.33] To public school, they too nurture teen talents
[02:06.18] They grow fast, one day she's ya little princess
[02:08.85] Next day she talking boy business, what is this
[02:11.59] They say the coolest playas and foulest heart breakers in the world
[02:14.74] God gets us back, he makes us have precious little girls
[02:17.59] For my brothers with daughters I call this
[02:20.67] For my brothers with daughters, I call this
[02:23.18] Not sayin' that our sons are less important
[02:25.88] For my brothers with daughters, I call this
[02:32.10] For my brothers with daughters, I call this
[02:34.83] Not sayin' that our sons are less important
[02:37.48] And I ain't tryna mess ya thing up
[02:43.16] But I just wanna see you dream up
[02:46.06] I finally understand
[02:47.31] It ain't easy to raise a girl as a single man
[02:50.84] Nah, the way mothers feel for they sons, how fathers feel for they daughters
[02:53.92] When he date, he straight, chip off his own papa
[02:57.27] When she date, we wait behind the door with the sawed off
[03:00.01] Cause we think no one is good enough for our daughters
[03:03.45] Love
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