When I'm a Dad - Eligh

I could try to say that I was never one to run

But I was never one to stay

My daddy never taught me how to knock a motherfucker out

I lay in bed and dread the day

Ahead a scrawny kind of kid talkin all this fat

I never told my friends that I was tortured by the fact

That I was in the minority cause where my school was at

South Central Los Angeles wouldn’t trade it for the world

Adams and 32nd more to this man you mention

In it’s essence evolved music so how can I forget that

In the first grade, I met that, fell in love and made that mine

I never regret that when I think about the times

When fat boys wanted to kick my ass for nothing in my mind

Was stressed daily now it’s funny but then

I learned to pray to God because I couldn’t tell my friends

That I was bullied on the block psychologically getting punked

I never really got punched or jacked for my lunch money

But on the yard like a jailor kept my eyes peeled

Fifth grade on the battlefield, man that shit was real

But on the yard like a jailor kept my eyes peeled

Fifth grade on the battlefield, man that shit was real

I will never run again and when I am a dad

Put my kids on everything that I could never grab

Teach them how to fight because the world is going mad

Teach then how to love because that’s all we really have

Love is number one to give my kids when I’m a dad

Music number two because that’s what I’m all about

I kiss them on the forehead when they sit there lookin sad

Shout out loud I will be there on the bow

I will be there I will be there…

On the bow… on the bow

The children are the future always have and always will be

Mine will be protected til the ending if it kills me

They will know that daddy loved them with a passion

And put nothing above them even when the world was crashing

Around us in the end and some would say that’s coming closer

I put my daughter on my shoulders love her til it’s over

A change in consciousness could be the end of what we know now

Not earthquakes tidal waves and nuclear meltdowns

Try to be positive in the way I live to generate light

So if I bring that life into this world to witness daylight

The love will carry over from killin off all my selfish acts

Help one other human being a day to get my bass out of hell

Well runs dry daily gotta reimburse good beats come first

I’m crazy in love with my unborn child

Teach them to care then let them run wild

I will be there I will be there…

On the bow… on the bow

Let them run wild…

Let them run wild…

On the bow… on the bow