Nate (feat. James Fauntleroy)

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