What up, son? How you feeling? It won't be long before I return to God's will
But in the meantime, do everything Grandma tells you
Follow a word and I promise you they won't fail you
Just be strong and take care of your little sister
Tell her that I love her and that Daddy missed her
You know I love you too, just keep doing good in school
And remember, being bad boy don't make you cool
Might make a fool out yourself if you end up like me
Incarcerated ain't how no human being should be
We should be free, my son, you know I wouldn't lie to you
Submit to God and these laws don't apply to you
You heard me, boy, you gotta dedicate your life to God
Cause he the one that blessed you from the start and made you smart
I know you smart, that's why I write you this type of letter
But I shouldn't worry too much because we raised you better
Me and my mama, and I know that you gon' represent
And thank you for the letters and the pictures that you sent
You made me happy, I was blessed with you when I was young
And we gon' grow up together, father and son, father and son
No other separators, that's a fact
I'm never going back to the brothers
A black man just, they lock us down and throw the key away
It hurt my heart to think that you could end up that way
So I pray
When I get out, it's gonna be us, see
Me and my mama, and I know that you gon' represent
We must be fortunate
We must be fortunate
We must be fortunate
When I get out, it's gonna be us, see
Me, you, Jene, just our family
At DZ or wherever else y'all wanna go
I promise y'all, they won't separate us no more
Not in this lifetime
You know y'all mean the world to me
Ain't nothing more precious than my boys and girl to me
Not even me, so when you're wrong, I'm correcting you
Cause if I don't, it's as good as neglecting you
Now this is true, you see, I only want what's best for you
And if I don't, it's as good as neglecting you
It's something you can't do, I won't think less of you
Just try your best, I can see you got my ways in you
But I don't want you going through the same things I went through
See, I was wild when I didn't even have to be
That's why you always see them people coming after me
But not no more, you see, this change, it had to come
I couldn't pass this act of living down to my son, not to my son
No one can separate us, that's a fact
I'm never going back to the bustles
A black man just, they lock us down and throw the key away
It hurt my heart to think that you could end up that way
So I pray
No one can separate us, that's a fact
I'm never going back to the bustles
A black man just, they lock us down and throw the key away
It hurt my heart to think that you could end up that way
So I pray
We must be smarter
To see your light in front of us
We must be smarter
To see your light in front of us
We must be smarter
To see your light in front of us
We must be smarter
To see your light in front of us
We must be smarter



Boy, I just love spending time with you
When you get older, I might even bust some rhymes with you
You know you always make me proud of you
No matter what the situation, I go after you
But I don't want you to think going to jail is cool
Just cause I didn't, boy, you still gotta play the school
Don't be no fool, see, I went back and got mine
So if it's something I wanna do, they can't stop mine
You know I'm talking about the people who make up excuses
Besides entertainment, labor and sports, they think we're useless
But see the poopers in the pudding, watch the pudding, before you fall on your ass
When you get that money fast, you spend that money fast
Boy, everything you think you wanna do, I've probably done it
See, when I'm gone, everything I own, you gon' run it
And if you decide to settle down with a woman, make sure you know her
It's cool to love her some, but don't be a sucker for her
No one can separate us, that's a fact, I'm never going back
To the fuckers, a black man's just, they lock us down and throw the key away
It hurt my heart to think that you could end up that way, so I pray
No one can separate us, that's a fact, I'm never going back
To the fuckers, a black man's just, they lock us down and throw the key away
It hurt my heart to think that you could end up that way, so I pray
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