Who Do You Love - Blueprint, Slug, Illogic

They used to look down on him just cause he was short

But despite his height he could still throw it down with force

So if he had a first love it was probably sports

Before divorced his old man would take him to the courts

It made him smile just to spend time with his dad

But after a little while the basketball was all he had

They use do call him fag, they neighborhood drama bad

He’d be out hooping late, shooting j’s till his mama mad

He made it look easy, seemed like every shot was hit

But he can’t enjoy cause he’d wonder where his papa’s at

A lot of tears five years since he saw him last

But even then he’s still picturing him smiling from the stands

Can’t concentrate, grades start dropping fast

Can’t pass his whole attitude is fuck a class

It’s obvious he’s got too much time on his hands

Fighting in the schoolyard going hard throwing hands

The other guy didn’t have a chance

One big blow took him out and put him on his ass

He walked home not surprised that he won again

Didn’t know the paramedics came with the ambulance

So when the cops rolled up he didn’t understand

Why a little scrap had 'em putting cuffs on his hands

The reason he was treated like a wanted man

Is 'cause the kid he knocked out never woke up again

Offered scholarships, every college hollering

They all wanted him but all he wanted was his father back

Now he’s locked up and he never gonna ball again

Lost everything over something he would never have

Who do you love?

Just let me know

Tell me how much

How far you would go

And there he goes again, yelling at the front door

«It's four o’clock in the morning, what you want boy?»

Grown kid locked out of his own crib

Cause the life he chose to live is making mom so sick

He crushed her, just a youngster

When she first discovered he sold drugs to make the bucks work

Years of tears, fear of the police

It was relief when the kid became a tweak

She ran through the standard phases

The guilt, the anger, all the cracks in the pavement

She didn’t have any time to raise him

And the boy just turned twenty-nine — a basehead

On the porch, sleeping on the floor

Sometimes you forget why you carrying a torch

Already stretched past what she can afford

That ain’t your baby boy anymore it’s just a corpse

Hold on for your life and don’t let go

Even though it’s going nowhere you won’t let go

It’s suffocating, trying to breathe but you won’t let go

'Cause you know how much you love it this is how you show

It’s begging and pleading, please let go

'Cause if you keep me trapped in a box then I can’t grow

You understand the necessity cause you been there befo'

And that’s exactly why deep in your heart you can’t let go

You’d rather live for today then die for tomorrow

C’mon, loosen your grip and just let go

Your reality is paper thin so if you let go

You’ll realize no escaping when the machine gets broke

Just let go, swan dive off the cliff and just let go

If you want what you’re holding to live you gotta let go

A freedom only you can give but you won’t let go

How can someone that talks so fast walk so slow

Gave up your rib now emotion you borrow

Scared to live but not to inflict sorrow

You think you’d be alone again if you just let go

'Cause that’s what happened the last time you just let go

You watch it crumble before your eyes, this finds you depressed

But not surprised cause in your mind you can’t let go

And as it slowly dies you realize that each tear you cry

Wouldn’t be a lie if you’d had just let go