[ti:A Tale By Quincy (Explicit)] [ar:The Weeknd] [al:Dawn FM (Explicit)] [by:] [offset:0] [00:00.00]A Tale By Quincy (Explicit) - The Weeknd [00:04.01]Lyrics by:Jeff Gitty/Quincy Jones/Abel Tesfaye/Daniel Lopatin [00:08.03]Composed by:Jeff Gitty/Quincy Jones/Abel Tesfaye/Daniel Lopatin [00:12.05]That's it [00:12.72] [00:14.24]Looking back now I didn't know what it was supposed to be [00:16.49] [00:17.90]And it's like raising kids man [00:19.77]If you weren't raised you don't know how to raise you know [00:22.81]I just did the best that I could with them [00:24.46]Because they know f**kin' well I love them [00:26.59] [00:28.78]But I didn't do the best I could [00:30.22] [00:30.94]I didn't know what the f**k I was doing [00:32.30] [00:34.22]I didn't [00:34.70] [00:37.92]I will never forget watching my mother get put in a straightjacket [00:42.65]And taken out of my home when I was only seven years old [00:45.55] [00:46.50]She was diagnosed with Dementia praecox and put in a mental institution [00:50.75]Leaving my daddy alone with me and my little brother Lloyd [00:53.85] [00:55.64]I later had an evil stepmother [00:58.04]Who further cemented the idea that I didn't need a mother [01:01.41] [01:02.26]Growing up without one had long lasting influence [01:05.66]I didn't fully understand until much later in life [01:08.49] [01:10.11]It bled into my relationships with family [01:12.29] [01:12.93]And those I had became romantically involved with [01:16.47] [01:17.02]Whenever I got too close to a woman I would cut her off [01:19.89] [01:20.56]Part of that was vindictive and partially based on fear [01:23.84] [01:25.04]But it was also totally subconsious [01:27.34] [01:30.11]Looking back is a b***h isn't it