Nate - Vince Staples/James Fauntleroy

As a kid all I wanted was to kill a man

Be like my daddy's friends

Hopping out that minivan

Chrome '38s spinning like a ceiling fan

Crying on my momma's phone swearing

He a different man

Talking to me monotone

Hardly ever coming home

Knew he was the villain

Never been a fan of Superman

Beaten on my momma in the kitchen screaming:

"B**ch you better listen

When I speak my mind "

Used to think he was unbreakable

He did fed time

But made sure a ni**a plate was full

And I shined

Was walking in the first day of school new J's

And all of that

Football was cornerback

Never made a game

I played for Compton High

But my daddy was the man

That would be suicide

Picked me up from visitation in the newest ride

Always told me that he loved me

F**k his foolish pride

As a kid all I wanted was to kill a man

Cause my daddy did it

Eyes bloodshot

With the caddy tinted f**k handouts

F**k the county building

Never seen that

Catch him riding round

The city with the seat back

With the seat back with the seat back

Catch him ride round

The city with the seat back

With the seat back

With the seat back

Catch him ride round the city

With the seat back

As a kid all I wanted was a hundred grand

Uncle counting money

While my daddy cut him grams

Made me promise

That this sh*t would never touch my hands

And it never did said

It'd make me be a better man

Smoking in the crib

Hiding dip inside of soda cans

Black bandana on his arm

Needle in his hand

Momma trying to wake him up

Young so I ain't understand

Why she wouldn't let my daddy sleep

Used to see him stand

Out in the alley through my window

Drinking Hen' with his homies blowing cig' smoke

Lights flashing now

He running from the Winslows

Hear him screaming

From my momma at the backdoor

Sometimes she wouldn't open it

Sitting on the couch

Face emotionless

I don't think they ever noticed

That I noticed it

As a kid all I wanted a hundred grand

Cause my daddy did it

Eyes bloodshot

With the caddy tinted f**k handouts

F**k the county building

Never seen that

Catch him riding round the city with the seat back

With the seat back with the seat back

Catch him ride round the city with the seat back

With the seat back with the seat back

Catch him ride round the city with the seat back

No No No No

Niggas die everyday don't know how to live

Don't know how to make sense

25 to life today just got locked away

All that just to pay rent

Now they're all bound on the slave ship

And they left behind their patience

Thought that'd last them for a little

Pass it down for my kin ohh

Cause my daddy did it

Eyes bloodshot

With the caddy tinted f**k handouts

F**k the county building

Never seen that

Catch him riding round the city with the seat back

With the seat back with the seat back

Catch him ride round the city with the seat back

With the seat back with the seat back

Catch him ride round the city with the seat back