Daughters-Nas

[ti:Daughters]
[ar:Nas]
[al:Life Is Good (Deluxe Version)]
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[00:02.76]Check it out
[00:04.26]I call it
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[00:08.69]Yeah yeah
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[00:15.55]“s**t for n***as wit’ Daughters”
[00:17.11]I call this “s**t for n***as wit’ Daughters”
[00:19.74]I call this “s**t for n***as wit’ Daughters”
[00:22.35]I call this “s**t for n***as wit’ Daughters”
[00:25.10]I saw my daughter send a letter
[00:26.35]To some boy her age
[00:27.35]Who locked up
[00:29.00]First I regretted it then caught my rage like
[00:31.00]How could I not protect her from this awful phase
[00:33.05]Never tried to hide who I was
[00:34.99]She was taught and raised like
[00:36.04]A princess but while I’m on stage
[00:38.54]I can’t leave her defenseless
[00:39.73]Plus she’s seen me switching women
[00:41.35]Pops was on some pimp sh*t
[00:42.48]She heard stories of her daddy thuggin’
[00:43.97]So if her husband is a
[00:45.15]Gangster can’t be mad I love her
[00:47.53]Never for her I want better
[00:48.71]Homie in jail- dead that
[00:50.59]Wait till he come home
[00:51.90]You can see where his head’s at
[00:53.77]n***as got game they be tryna live
[00:55.70]He seen your mama crib
[00:57.26]Plus I’m sure he know who your father is
[00:59.28]Although you real plus a honest kid
[01:01.46]Don’t think I’m slow
[01:02.83]I know you probably had that chronic lit
[01:04.14]You 17 I got a problem with it
[01:06.26]She looked at me like I’m not the cleanest
[01:08.54]Father figure but she rocking with it
[01:10.73]This for n***as wit’ daughters
[01:12.79]I call this sh*t for n***as wit’ daughters
[01:15.35]Yo not sayin’ that our sons are less important
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[01:22.82]Sh*t for n***as wit’ daughters
[01:23.94]I call this sh*t for n***as wit’ daughters
[01:26.75]I call it not sayin’ that our sons
[01:28.93]Are less important
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[01:32.89]This morning I got a call nearly split my wig
[01:34.76]This social network said “Nas go and get ya kid”
[01:37.69]She’s on Twitter
[01:38.63]I know she ain’t gon post no pic
[01:40.88]Of herself underdressed
[01:41.38]No inappropriate sh*t right
[01:43.31]Her mother cried when she answered
[01:45.93]Said she don’t know what
[01:47.05]Got inside this child’s mind she planted
[01:48.55]A box of condoms on her dresser
[01:49.86]Then she Instagrammed it
[01:50.80]At this point I realized
[01:52.98]I ain’t the strictest parent
[01:54.23]I’m too loose I’m too cool with her
[01:56.48]Shoulda drove on time to school with her
[01:57.98]I thought I dropped enough jewels on her
[01:59.78]Took her from private school
[02:01.34]So she can get a balance
[02:03.40]To public school they too nurture teen talents
[02:05.21]They grow fast
[02:06.71]One day she’s ya little princess
[02:08.90]Next day she talking boy business
[02:10.21]What is this
[02:11.39]They say the coolest playas
[02:13.08]And foulest heart breakers in the world
[02:14.32]God get’s us back
[02:15.95]He makes us have precious little girls
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[02:17.74]This for n***as wit’ daughters
[02:19.86]I call this sh*t for n***as wit’ daughters
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[02:24.09]Yo not sayin’ that our sons are less important
[02:25.77]Sh*t for n***as wit’ daughters
[02:31.13]I call this sh*t for n***as wit’ daughters
[02:34.07]I call it not sayin’ that our sons
[02:36.51]Are less important
[02:37.00]And I ain’t tryna mess ya thing up
[02:43.55]But I just wanna see you dream up
[02:46.36]I finally understand
[02:46.86]It ain’t easy to raise a girl as a single man
[02:50.35]Nah the way mothers feel for they sons
[02:52.67]How fathers feel for they daughters
[02:53.72]When he date he straight chip off his own papa
[02:56.97]When she date
[02:57.53]We wait behind the door with the sawed off
[02:59.97]Cuz we think no one is good enough
[03:01.65]For our daughters Love