never thought i’d be one to cry like this

[Hook] Never thought I'd be one to cry like this, yeah Never thought I'd be one to cry like this Papa took a deep breath and died real quick Just like my father, I love me a spliff Folks walk with a limp like it's something he'll hit Never thought I'd be one to cry like this Papa took a deep breath and died real quick Just like my father, I love me a spliff Folks walk with a limp like it's something he'll hit [Verse] Live in his honor, that's why my grandmama called me Bare the truth, you'll see farther (Much farther) Remember when I had my first Spalding We was in the backyard This was years before we moved to 12th Street And when life get hard (Get hard) Thinking why won't nobody help me I'mma tell Thebe if he bleeding Been a couple days since a nigga seen them When I sit down and veg on my deeper meaning Reappear with the sun gleaming Running out of words, need to do some reading It's always your god trying me for treason I could never hate the man, gave me every reason I done spent a year fighting off my demons [Hook] Never thought I'd be one to cry like this Papa took a deep breath and died real quick Just like my father, I love me a spliff Folks walk with a limp like it's something he'll hit Never thought I'd be one to cry like this Papa took a deep breath and died real quick Just like my father, I love me a spliff Folks walk with a limp like it's something he'll hit Never thought I'd be one to cry like this Papa took a deep breath and died real quick Just like my father, I love me a spliff Folks walk with a limp like it's something he'll hit [Outro] Every nigga is a star Every nigga is a star Every nigga is a star Every nigga, every nigga is a star I said every nigga is a star Every nigga is a star Every nigga is a star Every nigga is a star Every nigga is a star Every nigga is a star