for the kids

give me joy

give me violence

give me noise

give me silence

hear my voice

feel my torment

but don't rejoice

when i lay dormant

america

told me what i should feel

and there it was to my surprise i learned that nothing's real

and those clouds only come out when it rains

so don't get too comfortable

just stand there and take even if you gotta fake it

they told me to stay for the kids

so i did

they say love's only meant for the happy ones

so why do i feel like this?

don't call a quits

stay for the kids

but what we gonna do when they grow up

stay for the kids

but what we gonna do when they grow up

turn the lights on

she say she love a nigga

she say she love a nigga

but if you fuck up

she gon' go and fuck another nigga

you wanna hate her

but you feel too deep in love with her

now you got kids by it

and you know bloods thicker

no longer doing things that we once did

eyes rolling

attitude over dumb shit

direct deposit

you be smiling when the funds hit

for a second

then you bringing up that one bitch

yeah i hit it

i'll admit it

yeah

yeah i did it

when i shoulda been committed

the gloved fitted

so i would not be acquitted

sentenced to death to us apart

who's fault is it?

and those clouds only come out when it rains

i just hope i get a couple of visits

so don't get too comfortable

just stand there and take even if you gotta fake it

they told me to stay for the kids

so i did

they say love's only meant for the happy ones

so why do i feel like this?

don't call a quits

stay for the kids

but what we gonna do when they grow up

stay for the kids

but what we gonna do when they grow up

turn the lights on