Jay-Z - Where Have You Been Lyrics
[beanie sigel]Damn how am I gonna say this shit?Hey... hey dad, yeah its your boyRemember me? I wanna talk to you scrapI remember being kicked out the housecause I looked just like youSaid Id be nothing but a crookJust like youThe niggaz in the hood was shookWhere the just like youcause all they said was little whitey lookIm just like youBut dog I cant see it at all, shitWe never kicked it at allWe never pitched or kicked at a ballDog, you never taught me shitHow to fight, ride a bike, fix a flatNone of that sorts of shitNigga you was an abusive pops***** you left me out to dry, stuckGotta teach news to boxGotta teach news to bopAnd that aint the half of it manI gotta teach news to blockIts about time we have a father to son (nigga sit down)Sit down let me tell you bout your fatherless sonsHow they grew to be men and father they sonsFather they daughtersNigga, you left a fatherless daughterI never follow your ordersNigga you make me sick***** you could....oohHow you gonna leave these memories in the back of my mindI can see it clear as day you smackin my momI member that day you showed me that gat, that 9Put it in my palm when I was youngAnd said that would be mine, you turned me outThe reason why I hit the blockReason why I tried to hit them copsReason why I started hittin shotsReason why I started gettin lickedAnd drinkin syrup and skippin courtGinger bread man never think of gettin caughtLook at your hand man damn you foughtNigga you left my momLeft us with no good-byesYou left us out to dryYou left us with no letters, notes, (nothing!) no repliesNo digits numbers was unlistedYou left us with some of my loneliest nightNigga some of my hungriest nightsShit, one of the reasons for years (shit embarrasin)Damn we used to think money was whiteYeah you gave us life like, fruit from a plantWe aint eat right from them foods from them stampsAnd to think you was my pop,Man I gotta stop shit[chorus]Female: daddy, where have you been?Beanie: and when you come home, you got us here all aloneFemale: mommy, where daddy went?Beanie: you always stick up for himAlways said youd make up for himFemale: mommy, what happened then?Beanie: what was you cheatin on him?Why hes always beatin on you?Female: daddy, where have you been?Beanie: nigga, you gonna hear me out[jay-z]I wanted to walk just like him (remember? )Wanted to talk just like him (word)Often momma said I look too muchAnd I thought just like him (it could happen)Wanted to drink miller nipsAnd smoke newports just like youBut you left me, now Im goin to court just like youI would say my daddy loves me and hell never go awayBullshit, do you even remember decembers my birthday?Do you even remember the tender boyYou turned into a cold young manWith one goal and one planGet mommy out of some jam, she was always in oneAlways short with the incomeAlways late with the rentYou said that you was comin throughI would stay in the hallway (waitin)Always playin the bench (waitin)And that day came and went***** you! very much you showed me the worst kind of painBut Im stronger and trust me I will never hurt againWill never ask mommy why daddy dont love me?Why is we so poor? , why is life so ugly?Mommy why is your eyes puffy?Please dont cry everythingll be alrightI know its dark now, but we gon see the lightIts us against the worldWe dont need him, right? (right)Mommy drivin 6s now (yeah), I got riches now (yeah)I bought I nice home for both of my sisters nowWe doin real goodWe dont miss you nowSee how life twists around, *****er?Chorus[fade out... sound of staticky lp turning]
