Pops

Back when I was a child

Before life removed all the innocence

My father would lift me high

And I knew for sure I was loved

Yeah (Statik Selektah)

If I could get another chance (2 Chainz)

Another walk, another dance with him

I'd play a song that would never, ever end

How I'd love, love, love to dance with my father again

I know a lot of men out there don't express themselves ('selves)

I miss my pops 'cause, to me, he was a hell of a man (yeah)

He taught me how to box, cook and shoot at a can

Don't know if I can drive the LaGrange (again)

I went to my father's father's house, popped up (popped up)

I asked my granddad, "Why my dad locked up?"

He said he went to court, they kept him, wouldn't let him go home

Now I'm out here all alone (again)

It wasn't the first time, ain't crying over spilled milk (milk)

Holler at me when you settle, what you need, pimp? (Pimp)

I'm getting older now, I'm just trying to build with you

I can't wait 'til I can chill with you (again)

You gave me your release date, I'm coming to get you (yeah)

Black Expedition, me, my mama, and Kesha (Kesha)

Told pops, "You staying with me," and he thought about it (yeah)

Got him a suit, cell phone and got him a whip

Back when I was a child

So from this point on

(Before life removed all the innocence) I picked my pops up from prison, he like in his 60's bruh

I'm like, "You're staying with me from here on out"

(My father would lift me high) I got my crib, I got everything

I got a little motion, not a lot of motion, I'm still hustling

(And I knew for sure I was loved) so, you know, it's one of the best moments of my life

'Cause I'm able to see him every day

I'm able to build with him directly and indirectly

(If I could get another chance) know what I'm saying? But, pops start hanging with my homeboys a lot

(Another walk) he in the crew or whatever

(Another dance with him) they like, "You know your pops out here hustling, right? He back"

(I'd play a song that would never, ever end) I'm like, "What, pop juggin' it?'

Man like, "Pop juggin' it," I'm like, "Oh, my God"

How I'd love, love, love (I miss him, I ain't gon' lie)

To dance with my father again

So I got a pack (got a pack), Pop got a pack (got it back)

I had bought him the Ford, he traded it for the Cadillac (okay)

Asked him, "Why did you do that for?" He tried to buck back

You can't get years and them months back (again)

Only get one life, that's only right

Got surgery in Montgomery, came back and lost his appetite

I can't explain it, something just ain't right

He told me, "I'll be alright," but something ain't alright (again)

Called the ambulance, I should've came with you

But at the hospital, I told you I'd hang with you

Give me a pillow and some covers, I'm staying with you

You know your number one fan with you (again)

Oxygen levels low, I hear a beep sound (sound)

Nurses come in, tell me to get out (out)

You should've saw me, I was 'bout to freak out

Pops passed right in front of me, it's hard to think about

Back when I was a child

So I was in there by myself

(Before life removed all the innocence) really the nurses went in and they, they, they did that

CPR shock, they do that shock thing, boom

(My father would lift me high) and she come out and I say, "Go back in"

(And I knew for sure) "You know what I'm saying, try to get him again"

(I was loved) she said, "We already broke two of his ribs"

(If I could get another chance) I was like, "I don't care"

She said, "I lost my father too," you know what I'm saying

(Another walk, another dance with him) she tell me like, basically it's going to be alright

I ain't even want to hear that shit

I'm like, "Yo, go zap him again"

(I'd play a song that would never, ever end) I said, "Bring him back," but you know

(How I'd love, love, love) just teaches you life lessons on how life go

How you got to keep going, keep pushing (to dance with my father again)

Back when I was a child

Before life removed all the innocence

My father would lift me high

And I knew for sure I was loved

If I could get another chance

Another walk, another dance with him

I'd play a song that would never, ever end

How I'd love, love, love to dance with my father again