Ride of Passage

Here's a little story that must be told
About one too many dreams been put on hold.
Gotta try to get it right because we all get old.
When I'm gone, I want you to say that 'sumbitch' cold.
Rite rite write write right right?
Ride of passage

So, I was brought up in the Catholic tradition
Taught the benefits of making "better” decisions
When the devil spoke I never listened
But soon enough I'm laughing at the
Vatican and catechism following my daddy's rhythm
Pimp, I'm from the city migrated to the south.
Chi-town, DFW. Bounce.
Ever since I was an Oshkosh Hush Puppy Fisher-Price
Never really had to fight. Wet the bed many night.
Product of a teenage love. The fuck's up?
Pops swinging dick around the hood like nunchucks.
Nothing but a thang. I guess he's just not built
For Moms who's so smart so them shoes got filled.
And I felt the feeling of dealing with broken family.
If I'd ever got a woman pregnant, she would marry me.
Proceed carefully. Something said flee.
Lost in the lust. She ain't even know me.

Here's a little story that must be told
About one too many dreams been put on hold.
Gotta try to get it right because we all get old.
When I'm gone, I want you to say that 'sumbitch' cold.
Rite rite write write right right?
Ride of passage

I can't talk about her too much because she didn't
Do much to talk about. So, I was often on walkabout.
Always with the rhymes as a side bitch.
Typing verses online. Here she comes. Hide quick.
Porn I adored and even worked in the business.
I was just curious. I quit with a quickness.
In lieu of technical support. Respectable.
Life, medical, dental. Sharpening my mental.
So sharp, dude, I got used to cutting loose.
Five Fortune 500s. Still running from the truth.
What do you wanna do? Why the fuck you asking?
A double-minded man is not multitasking.

I wrote this in hopes it finds you.
Maybe you hurt and it reminds you
To fall back and think don't let yo fam shrink
Yo grandchildren grown before you can blink
I see how we do. I empathize.
I lost touch with my roots. Compartmentalized.
I met the wife. Then, I let the wife
Act a fool for a score then I left the wife.

Rite rite write write right right?

Now, please adjust the light and pass me a tissue
I must address my pretty daughters.
Y'all this is an issue.
Baby girls, I miss you like a blind sniper.
Easy, breezy, beautiful.
You are time lifers.
I'm a time traveler.
And I apologize.
I was tortured in the past was traumatized.
But my open wounds have been cauterized.
There will be other women.
But when your father dies,
You get it all.
Butterflies, you are authorized.

Here's a little story that must be told
About one too many dreams been put on hold.
Gotta try to get it right because we all get old.
When I gone I'm want you to say that 'sumbitch' cold.
Rite rite write write right right?
Ride of passage



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