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Where Have You Been
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Jay-Z
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Damn how am I gonna say this shit, hey
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Hey Dad, yeah it's your boy
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Remember me, I wanna talk to you scrap
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I remember being kicked out the house, 'cause I looked just like you
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Said I'd be nothing but a crook just like you
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The niggaz in the hood was shook where the just like you
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'Cause all they said was little whitey look, I'm just like you
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But dog I can't see it at all, shit, we never kicked it at all
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We never pitched or kicked at a ball
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Dog, you never taught me shit, how to fight, ride a bike, fix the flat
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None of that sorts of shit, nigga you was an abusive pops
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Fuck you left me out to dry, stuck
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Gotta teach news to box, gotta teach news to block
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And that ain't the half of it man, I gotta teach news to block
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It's about time we have a father to son nigga sit down
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Sit down let me tell you 'bout your fatherless sons
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How they grew to be men and father they sons
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Father they daughters, nigga, you left a fatherless daughter
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Never follow your orders
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Nigga you make me sick, pussy you could, ooh
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How you gonna leave these memories in the back of my mind
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I can see it clear as day you smackin' my mom
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I 'member that day you showed me that gat, that 9
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Put it in my palm when I was young
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And said that would be mine, you turned me out
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The reason why I hit the block
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Reason why I tried to hit them cops
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Reason why I started hittin' shots
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Reason why I started gettin' licked
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And drinkin' syrup and skippin' court
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Ginger bread man never think of gettin' caught
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Look at your hand man damn you fought, nigga you left my mom
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Left us with no goodbye's, you left us out to dry
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You left us with no letters, notes, nothing, no replies
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No digits numbers was unlisted
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You left us with some of my loneliest night
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Nigga some of my hungriest nights
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Shit, one of the reasons for years, shit embarrasin'
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Damn we used to think money was white
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Yeah you gave us life like, fruit from a plant
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We ain't eat right from them foods from them stamps
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And to think you was my pop, man I gotta stop shit
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Daddy, where have you been?
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And when you come home, you got us here all alone
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Mommy, where daddy went?
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You always stick up for him
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Always said you'd make up for him
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Mommy, what happened then?
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What was you cheatin' on him?
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Why he's always beatin' on you?
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Daddy, where have you been?
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Nigga, you gonna hear me out
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I wanted to walk just like him, remember?
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Wanted to talk just like him word, often Momma said I look too much
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And I thought just like him it could happen
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Wanted to drink miller nips and smoke new ports just like you
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But you left me, now I'm goin' to court just like you
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I would say, "My Daddy loves me and he'll never go away"
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Bullshit, do you even remember December's my birthday?
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Do you even remember the tender boy
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You turned into a cold young man with one goal and one plan
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Get Mommy out of some jam, she was always in one
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Always short with the income, always late with the rent
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You said that you was comin' through
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I would stay in the hallway, waitin'
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Always playin' the bench, waitin'
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And that day came and went
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Fuck You! Very much you showed me the worst kind of pain
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But I'm stronger and trust me I will never hurt again
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Will never ask mommy "Why Daddy don't love me?
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Why is we so poor, why is life so ugly?
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Mommy why is your eyes puffy?
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Please don't cry everything'll be alright
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I know it's dark now, but we gon' see the light
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It's us against the world, we don't need him, right? Right"
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Mommy drivin' 6's now yeah, I got riches now yeah
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I bought I nice home for both of my sisters now
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We doin' real good, we don't miss you now
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See how life twists around, fucker?
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Daddy, where have you been?
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And when you come home, you got us here all alone
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Mommy, where daddy went?
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You always stick up for him
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Always said you'd make up for him
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Mommy, what happened then?
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What was you cheatin' on him?
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Why he's always beatin' on you?
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Daddy, where have you been?
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Nigga, you gonna hear me out
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