[Grand Agent]

Uh-huh

Special dedication... to the bastards of the world

It's from the heart, Grand Agent



You know it's funny I ain't never had a child before

From what I hear though it's somethin magical for sure

Some in the know have told me it's like, no other rush

To feel oneself willing to receive so much

From what I hear though, you got about a dozen or so

And when they need you, we gotta let the government know

Daddy's not being supportive, so now the courts is

forever laced in recollections of your face

You wasn't checkin for me, I was just a case

Summoned you from down south, mouth full of foul taste

I heard about the drama, the shots ringin out

I know about the white bitch you was bringin to the house

Yeah, mommy put me on to all the wrongs done

But in absentia, who could defend ya? I'm your son

Not your lawyer, you innocent in my book of life

And yo I only came by to see what you look

And it's funny I could tell by the look of your lady

I was yours, cause she was raw plus she played me

like you taught her to work for you, that's my M.O.

It had to come from somewhere, Flow recognize Flow

I copped a Heineken and then like my money she slid

over to the jukebox, I followed her when she did

and asked if she knew where to find you, now mind you

I hadn't a clue what I'ma say if she do

And when she did, disappearin down a hall to fetch you

I lent the pen to my mind's eye to sketch you

Six foot three or maybe six foot two

No more guessin would a nigga ever be put through

And it's funny cuz I wasn't really willing to bother

'til it hit me that I wasn't lookin for me a father

See, Allah's mine, and that fact padded the impact

when your lady returned and said I had to come back...



[Chorus: unknown singer]

You don't love me...

and I know now...

You don't love me...

cause you don't know how



[Grand Agent]

And it's funny, it's not that I feel fatherless

I guess what you never had is real hard to miss

My sister pop did what he could, when he could

And it's not like I was the only orphan in the hood

And damn sure wasn't at them schools I was sent to

for safekeepin in the dark, while mommy went through

her own plight, takin her demons to war

I only had dreams of home like bein on tour

where family's a foreign entity to the mind

Though mommy wrote me mad letters, I guess that's why I write better

It's funny, it came together unseen

But just between me and you, this rap shit is one dream

I had some others too, like givin wifey one or two

seeds, whe need that but not if I'ma do how you do

(Our love goes) back and forth and forth and

back from L.A. the last time I asked for her hand

And made it happen in less than a month

That's one less want, in less than like four I was out the door

I know that's probably more than you need to hear

But sayin all that to say you not bein here bred fear

I bled tears from the heart on my sleeve

A nigga needed you around like you couldn't believe

(for boys to man shit) I know life's coy and candid

No way to really plan it, that's why I don't demand shit

I'm sayin' though, but on the other hand

With flesh, you can't imagine what I'm willing to understand

So look, I'm twenty-something, with stupid money comin

I don't need you for nuttin why you still frontin?

It's beyond me

But I'm sure you know where to find me

So when you ready set your mind free



[Chorus: repeat to end]