Nas - Daughters (Album Version (Explicit))

[00:00.58] Check it out... I call it [00:06.25] Yeah [00:08.94] Yeah [00:11.61] Yeah-Yea [00:14.55] For my brothers with daughters, I call this [00:17.20] For my brothers with daughters, I call this [00:20.18] For my brothers with daughters, I call this [00:22.86] For my brothers with daughters [00:25.28] I saw my daughter send a letter to some boy her age [00:27.74] Who locked up [00:28.88] First I regretted it then caught my rage like [00:31.12] How could I not protect her from this awful phase [00:33.45] Never tried to hide who I was, she was taught and raised like [00:36.26] A princess, but while I'm on stage I can't leave her defenseless [00:39.81] Plus she's seen me switching women, pops was on some pimp shit [00:42.75] She heard stories of her daddy thuggin' [00:44.55] So if her husband is a gangster can't be mad, I'll love him [00:47.33] Never, for her I want better, homie in jail - dead that [00:50.98] Wait till he come home, you can see where his head's at [00:53.54] Niggas got game, they be tryna live [00:55.99] He seen your mama crib, plus I'm sure he know who your father is [00:59.12] Although you real, plus a honest kid [01:01.44] Don't think I'm slow, I know you probably had that chronic lit [01:04.18] You 17, I got a problem with it [01:06.35] She looked at me like I'm not the cleanest father figure but she rocking with it [01:10.63] For my brothers with daughters I call this [01:13.43] For my brothers with daughters, I call this [01:16.18] Not sayin' that our sons are less important [01:18.65] For my brothers with daughters, I call this [01:24.65] For my brothers with daughters, I call this [01:27.57] Not sayin' that our sons are less important [01:30.82] This morning I got a call, nearly split my wig [01:35.01] This social network said "Nas go and get ya kid" [01:37.91] She's on Twitter, I know she ain't gon post no pic [01:40.84] Of herself underdressed, no inappropriate shit, right [01:44.06] Her mother cried when she answered [01:45.82] Said she don't know what got inside this child's mind, she planted [01:48.62] A box of condoms on her dresser then she Instagrammed it [01:51.23] At this point I realized I ain't the strictest parent [01:53.91] I'm too loose, I'm too cool with her [01:55.97] Shoulda drove on time to school with her [01:58.22] I thought I dropped enough jewels on her [02:00.43] Took her from private school, so she can get a balance [02:03.33] To public school, they too nurture teen talents [02:06.18] They grow fast, one day she's ya little princess [02:08.85] Next day she talking boy business, what is this [02:11.59] They say the coolest playas and foulest heart breakers in the world [02:14.74] God gets us back, he makes us have precious little girls [02:17.59] For my brothers with daughters I call this [02:20.67] For my brothers with daughters, I call this [02:23.18] Not sayin' that our sons are less important [02:25.88] For my brothers with daughters, I call this [02:32.10] For my brothers with daughters, I call this [02:34.83] Not sayin' that our sons are less important [02:37.48] And I ain't tryna mess ya thing up [02:43.16] But I just wanna see you dream up [02:46.06] I finally understand [02:47.31] It ain't easy to raise a girl as a single man [02:50.84] Nah, the way mothers feel for they sons, how fathers feel for they daughters [02:53.92] When he date, he straight, chip off his own papa [02:57.27] When she date, we wait behind the door with the sawed off [03:00.01] Cause we think no one is good enough for our daughters [03:03.45] Love [03:03.45]