[ti:Daughters]
[ar:Nas]
[al:Daughters]
[00:00.00]Nas - Daughters
[00:02.86]check it out
[00:06.05]i call it
[00:08.81]yeah
[00:11.14]yeah
[00:13.36]yeah, yeah
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[00:15.45]i call it “shit for niggas with daughters”
[00:17.56]i call this “shit for niggas with daughters”
[00:20.54]i call this “shit for niggas with daughters”
[00:23.37]i call this “shit for niggas with daughters”
[00:25.36]i saw my daughter send a letter to some boy her age
[00:28.00]who locked up, first i regretted it then caught my rage, like
[00:31.09]how could i not protect her from this awful phase?
[00:33.71]never tried to hide who i was, she was taught and raised like
[00:36.54]a princess, but while i’m on stage i can’t leave her defenseless
[00:39.57]plus she’s seen me switching women, pops was on some pimp shit
[00:42.72]she heard stories of her daddy thuggin’
[00:44.75]so if her husband is a gangster can’t be mad, i love her
[00:47.34]never, for her i want better, homie in jail- dead that
[00:50.83]wait till he come home, you can see where his head’s at
[00:53.31]niggas got game, they be tryna live
[00:55.88]he seen your mama crib, plus i’m sure he know who your father is
[00:59.20]although you real, plus a honest kid
[01:01.34]don’t think i’m slow, i know you probably had that chronic lit
[01:03.90]you 17, i got a problem with it
[01:05.98]she looked at me like i’m not the cleanest father figure but she rocking with it
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[01:32.94]this morning i got a call, nearly split my wig
[01:35.10]this social network said “nas go and get ya kid”
[01:37.52]she’s on twitter, i know she ain’t gon post no pic
[01:40.31]of herself underdressed, no inappropriate shit, right
[01:43.68]her mother cried when she answered
[01:45.68]said she don’t know what got inside this child’s mind, she planted
[01:48.50]a box of condoms on her dresser then she instagrammed it
[01:51.21]at this point i realized i ain’t the strictest parent
[01:53.92]i’m too loose, i’m too cool with her
[01:56.18]shoulda drove on time to school with her
[01:58.22]i thought i dropped enough jewels on her
[02:00.39]took her from private school, so she can get a balance
[02:03.20]to public school, they too nurture teen talents
[02:05.57]they grow fast
[02:06.83]one day she’s ya little princess, next day she talking boy business
[02:10.84]what is this?
[02:11.54]they say the coolest playas and foulest heart breakers in the world
[02:14.45]god get’s us back, he makes us have precious little girls
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[02:41.40]and i ain’t tryna mess ya thing up
[02:42.97]but i just wanna see you dream up
[02:45.63]i finally understand
[02:46.89]it ain’t easy to raise a girl as a single man
[02:49.94]nah, the way mothers feel for they sons, how fathers feel for they daughters
[02:53.70]when he date, he straight, chip off his own papa
[02:56.52]when she date, we wait behind the door with the sawed off
[02:59.59]cuz we think no one is good enough for our daughters
[03:03.08]love
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