Nate (Feat. James Fauntleroy) - Vince Staples.mp3

[00:11.510]As a kid all I wanted was to kill a man
[00:13.820]Be like my daddy's friends
[00:15.020]Hopping out that minivan
[00:15.930]
[00:16.600]Chrome '38s spinning like a ceiling fan
[00:19.100]Crying on my momma's phone swearing
[00:20.840]He a different man
[00:21.700]Talking to me monotone
[00:22.650]Hardly ever coming home
[00:24.390]Knew he was the villain
[00:25.500]Never been a fan of Superman
[00:27.370]Beaten on my momma in the kitchen screaming:
[00:29.140]"bitch you better listen
[00:29.870]When I speak my mind "
[00:31.750]Used to think he was unbreakable
[00:33.000]He did fed time
[00:34.260]But made sure a nigga plate was full
[00:35.990]And I shined
[00:36.970]Was walking in the first day of school new J's
[00:39.220]And all of that
[00:40.640]Football was cornerback
[00:41.550]Never made a game
[00:42.390]I played for Compton High
[00:43.890]But my daddy was the man
[00:45.170]That would be suicide
[00:46.550]Picked me up from visitation in the newest ride
[00:49.200]Always told me that he loved me
[00:50.860]**** his foolish pride
[00:52.010]As a kid all I wanted was to kill a man
[00:54.850]Cause my daddy did it
[00:56.440]Eyes bloodshot
[00:57.140]
[00:57.690]With the caddy tinted **** handouts
[00:59.590]
[01:00.280]**** the county building
[01:01.680]Never seen that
[01:02.500]
[01:03.130]Catch him riding round
[01:04.040]The city with the seat back
[01:05.850]With the seat back with the seat back
[01:08.490]Catch him ride round
[01:09.430]The city with the seat back
[01:11.120]With the seat back
[01:12.490]With the seat back
[01:13.960]Catch him ride round the city
[01:15.290]With the seat back
[01:16.670]As a kid all I wanted was a hundred grand
[01:19.350]Uncle counting money
[01:20.090]While my daddy cut him grams
[01:21.960]Made me promise
[01:22.570]That this shit would never touch my hands
[01:24.660]And it never did said
[01:25.610]It'd make me be a better man
[01:26.980]Smoking in the crib
[01:28.000]Hiding dip inside of soda cans
[01:29.840]Black bandana on his arm
[01:31.150]Needle in his hand
[01:32.560]Momma trying to wake him up
[01:33.880]Young so I ain't understand
[01:35.230]Why she wouldn't let my daddy sleep
[01:36.700]Used to see him stand
[01:37.980]Out in the alley through my window
[01:39.700]Drinking Hen' with his homies blowing cig' smoke
[01:43.030]Lights flashing now
[01:44.140]He running from the Winslows
[01:45.460]
[01:45.990]Hear him screaming
[01:46.670]From my momma at the backdoor
[01:48.620]Sometimes she wouldn't open it
[01:50.130]
[01:50.650]Sitting on the couch
[01:52.130]Face emotionless
[01:53.260]I don't think they ever noticed
[01:54.810]That I noticed it
[01:56.150]As a kid all I wanted a hundred grand
[01:58.350]
[02:00.440]Cause my daddy did it
[02:01.810]Eyes bloodshot
[02:02.470]
[02:03.120]With the caddy tinted **** handouts
[02:05.710]**** the county building
[02:06.960]Never seen that
[02:08.550]Catch him riding round the city with the seat back
[02:11.130]With the seat back with the seat back
[02:13.950]Catch him ride round the city with the seat back
[02:16.570]With the seat back with the seat back
[02:19.380]Catch him ride round the city with the seat back
[02:21.850]
[02:25.060]No No No No
[02:42.600]
[02:43.880]****ed up die everyday don't know how to live
[02:46.550]Don't know how to make sense
[02:48.100]
[02:49.210]25 to life today just got locked away
[02:52.160]All that just to pay rent
[02:53.540]
[02:54.220]Now they're all bound on the slave ship
[02:56.180]
[02:57.090]And they left behind their patience
[02:58.650]
[03:00.180]Thought that'd last them for a little
[03:02.870]Pass it down for my kin ohh
[03:06.080]Cause my daddy did it
[03:07.250]Eyes bloodshot
[03:07.800]
[03:08.530]With the caddy tinted **** handouts
[03:11.240]**** the county building
[03:12.540]Never seen that
[03:13.390]
[03:13.950]Catch him riding round the city with the seat back
[03:16.630]With the seat back with the seat back
[03:19.360]Catch him ride round the city with the seat back
[03:21.600]
[03:22.170]With the seat back with the seat back
[03:24.310]
[03:24.820]Catch him ride round the city with the seat back