Father's Day

from Father's Day by Big Chief SMASH

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lyrics

It's 5 in the a.m., Time to awaken
Back and belly aching and there's no breakfast waiting
I gotta brave the cold, win the bread
Bring the bacon
The rent is late in this small God forsaken
My third double shift, it's like there's no God
Just me vs the world and it's no holds barred
Cus these fucking WIC checks only go so far
So daddy's gotta go to work and he's gotta go hard
But it's so hard to save up
So hard to hold on to er'ry dollar scraped up, coins in the change cup
When you already poor, son, it pours when the rain come
Can't afford insurance through the job, it's a pay cut
And some risks I just can't afford so I stay up
Grinding on that overtime, the only way to cake up
Cus nowadays a 9 to 5 just ain't enough
So no time for a day off to just play the cut
I wanna give my daughter more
Than hand-me-down clothes and food from the dollar store
See, there was a time I'd rack a few stacks in no time at all
Slanging bags to new jacks of crushed Tylenol
But consequence blessed me with a baby girl and conscience
Now my time is spent trying to repent for my sins
Tryna scrub my hands hard for all the diet that I did
Thanking "damn, what if someone did that shit to my kids"
I've watched fools spend a hot meal's worth on scratch cards
Four kids at home... The fucks he doing that for?
There's nothing to be gained by waiting on the grace of God
I find my faith when I cradle Lauryn in my arms
Shit is real

Chorus:

I won't make it home until daylight comes
I gotta work for mine, can't pray like some
Being a man's a burden and its my cross to bare
I gotta wake and rise before the sunshine
So I shine before the sunrise
I won't make it home until daylight comes
I gotta work for mine, can't pray like some
Being a man's a burden and its my cross to bare
I gotta wake and rise before the sunshine
So I shine before the sunrise

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from Father's Day, released June 21, 2020
Singing by the Bronx Niggas Trappernacle Choir
Produced by Fresh Jive

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