Role Reversal

I be at the mall, walk up in the store Glance up at the wall, pick out a few kicks I need 11's in these, matter of fact while you at it bring em' in a size 6 I take shorty's shoes off, like here try on these J's make sure them shits fit But in my head it gets thick, saying "Joey fall back, cause that's not your kid" I don't know you lil nigga, and plus I got a son of my own But he's at home and the ways hes being raised I don't really condone Naw, cause his pops been gone, fuck it I'll explain it to him later when he's grown Old enough to have a phone Asking why mommy hate me and he got the sneak to call me whenever he's alone so You wouldn't know it but I got a soft spot for you See, we would shared the same obstacles Looking from the outside may seem like you neglect him But when he slips up and calls me dad, I correct him I protect him, when baby girl start venting about you I say "Respect him!" And though it seems out of order, my own mistakes have turned me into your biggest supporter Fast forward, you wouldn't believe how I could love like mine what I didn't conceive Trying to help him reach shit what I never achieved Am I doing it for him or is it my own greed cause see, Me and my baby moms, we don't do the conversations Some cramped in the back, two bedroom shack With seven people living there just congregating So when your child with me, I'm over compensated I'm talking eight bedrooms seven baths My son thinking, that's the shit that only heaven has Mines gotta keep it cool, your's get to see the view White marble around the end ground, heated pool Mines got to go through the "why" Shit, yours just got to walk outside And the funny shit, the irony of it all and it's just sad Is You walked away and I'm the step dad And then you get on Skype, saying "how you being, what's the word" And I be on the background listening like "this mudafuckers he got some nerve" He says "bye daddy, I love you" I be wanting to snuff you but wouldn't want him thinking less of you But, hes perceptive and this shits wild, he picks up on everything and hes just a child So through all my resistance, I'm afraid this two year old can already see the difference He see's you don't provide when you're capable Why we never fix things while were still able too? So you're annoyed, it kinda of hampers me Get my boy, I always wanted a family Just to greet when I get to the door You gon have to take the L, I can't give you your's I'll do all the work, you ain't gotta be bothered You can be his dad, I'll be his father I relate though, so I know it hurts Got to be uncomfortable when the roles reversed