black curtains
Singer:jennings, struggle
the air's thick but the mic's warm
cause you were chasing them rainbows right into the storm
cause shorty wanna be a thug an he listens to pac
in the same streets pops got shot in
a legacy expected for him to get it poppin'
it's fat pete's boy tell em' for certain
can't see the world passed these black curtains
he stands still while the time flies
responsible for five lives
come in late don't startle the dog
to bring home the bacon had to slaughter the hog
a father will fall so the family will rise
an when the feds all arrive
the look in the eyes of a child all alone
will make any king give up his throne
he'll have it for certain
so now i'm tearing down the black curtains
you said no strings could secure you in the station
i walked into such a sad time at the station
felt my own needs just beginning
i wait in this place where the sun never shines
die with you where the shadows run from themselves
the streets told me what i was supposed to be because of who my daddy was
but if he woulda' been alive
he woulda' wanted me to be better than he was
so now as i see my son i say be better than i was son