Daughters

[Produced by No I.D.] [Intro] Check it out I call it, yeah For my brothers with daughters, I call this For my brothers with daughters, I call this For my brothers with daughters, I call this For my brothers with daughters [Verse 1] I saw my daughter send a letter to some boy her age Who locked up First I regretted it then caught my rage like How could I not protect her from this awful phase Never tried to hide who I was, she was taught and raised like A princess, but while I'm on stage I can't leave her defenseless Plus she's seen me switching women, pops was on some pimp shit She heard stories of her daddy thugging So if her husband is a gangster can't be mad, I'll love him Never for her I want better, homie in jail - dead that Wait till he come home You can see where his head's at Niggas got game, they be tryna live He seen your Mama crib Plus I'm sure he know who your father is Although you real, plus a honest kid Don't think I'm slow, I know you probably had that chronic lit You seventeen, I got a problem with it She looked at me like I'm not the cleanest father figure But she rocking with it [Hook] For my brothers with daughters, I call this For my brothers with daughters, I call this Not sayin' that our sons are less important For my brothers with daughters, I call this For my brothers with daughters, I call this Not sayin' that our sons are less important [Verse 2] This morning I got a call, nearly split my wig This social network said Nas go and get your kid She's on Twitter, I know she ain't gon' post no pic Of herself underdressed, no inappropriate shit, right Her mother cried when she answered Said she don't know what got inside this child's mind, she planted A box of condoms on her dresser then she Instagrammed it At this point I realized I ain't the strictest parent I'm too loose, I'm too cool with her Should've drove more time to school with her I thought I dropped enough jewels on her Took her from private school, so she can get a balance To public school, they're too nurture teen talents They grow fast, one day she's your little princess Next day she talking boy business, what is this? They say the coolest playas and foulest heart breakers in the world God gets us back, he makes us have precious little girls [Hook] [Verse 3] And I ain't trying to mess your thing up But I just wanna see you dream up I finally understand It ain't easy to raise a girl as a single man Nah, the way mothers feel for they sons, how fathers feel for they daughters When he date, he straight, chip off his own papa When she date, we wait behind the door with the sawed off Cause we think no one is good enough for our daughters Love