DroRaps - Letter to My Father [tekst, tłumaczenie i interpretacja piosenki]

[Intro: Dro]
I never thought I would see the day I reached maturity
Spent most my youth looking for financial security
From slanging portraits of celebrities to dubs on the corner
From Stealing cancer sticks to cheefing on marijuana
I always took the right path but ended up on the wrong road
Bad decision making was surely my true foe

Yeah

[Verse 1: Dro]
See I grew up in a time where it was deemed unnecessary
To have a father cuz a mother had the strength to carry
The burden of raising a child on her own
But as time went along mothers themselves weren't grown
I dodged a bullet made it through my teens without a child
Can't say the same for most women I know they child wild
Feeling the stress putting on masks to hide the sadness
A fake smile can go a mile but tell me where's your passion?
Only took him 5 minutes now you stressed for years
No more denying this is your child wipe away your tears and be a parent
To many times I've seen a single parent neglect their child
The one young one in the streets doing bad things running wild
You try to teach em a lesson but they often turn their cheek
Not paying attention to the words you speak
You can ask the parents why but they usually say
It doesn't really matter to me

[Hook]
This is a letter to my father
Cuz when my mother gave birth to me that man was gone
I didn't mean to be a bother
Just Looking for guidance Why did he have to leave me all alone
This is a letter to my father
Cuz when my mother gave birth to me that man was gone
Would I have gone any farther?
To many father figures but none of them lasted that long
This has been my life

[Verse 2: Dro]
Never had a rich dad but a poor dad for sure
When I got a little older emotions started to show
Anger built up inside of me for many years
I never wanted too but the time came to face my fears
So I took em head on but some battles were lost
To the thoughts of a man with the same blood in his veins
Wondering if our paths would ever cross
I hope not
Cuz the first thing I would do is take me fist to his face
I'd make him feel the pain that I felt
Getting jumped all the time but nobody was there to help
Cuz I'm the big kid
No one to teach me how to fight, but I still fought back
Even though I knew it was trap
Just looking for acknowledgment within my neighborhood
Seen the gangs gave me a spot but I just misunderstood
The life commitment till I D.I.E
So many of them fell so I say R.I.P Do they really rest in peace?

[Hook]

(Outro)
To be honest I never really needed a father
I wouldn't trade my mother for anything in the world
She's always been there for me no matter what
Even if my decisions were the wrong ones
She told me to follow my dreams
And I'm truly grateful to God for letting me have such a great parent
This song is for you mama
I want to let you know that I appreciate all the bullshit you went through for me