[Verse 1: J. Cole]
 Look, I just shed tears homie and now I ain't to proud to admit it
Just seen my father for the first time in a minute
And when I say a minute I mean years man [bad word]  a whale could have swam in them tears fam
 Cause as I left him I reflected on my younger days
When it was just me and my brother and my mother played
 Father, cause no other man bothered
 Not even my biological, it never seemed logical
But I accepted it cause I ain't know no better
 Thought I was brighter than a Polo sweater
No pops was like Martin with no Coretta
 So many things you could have told me
 And saved me the trouble or lettin' my mistakes show me
 I feel like you barely know me
 And that's a shame cause our last name is the same
 That blood type flowin' through our veins is the same
 My mama left you and it may be that anger's to blame
 But that's no excuse, only you and God know the [bad word]  And why you only gone monthly, barely ever saw me
 Spend some summer's with you and played with my cousin Maury
Maybe I should be tellin' you [bad word] you cause you selfish
 But I want a father so bad, I can't help it

 I break down, I break down
 Can't help but break down

 [Verse 2: J. Cole]
I never thought I'd see my mama on that [bad word] man
 It's [bad word]  with her body, now she sit down
I wanted a big house with a white picket fence and a pool
 Who would have ever thought that it [bad word] to this, man?
 Quicksand is what this life feel like
 That [bad word] these rappers kick is nothin' like real life
 You made a milli off of servin' hard white? yeah right
 My mama tell you what sticking to that pipe feel like
 Stupid niggas, ain't heard of coppers shootin' niggas?
 I swear to god, wish I could bullet proof my niggas
 Can't get no jobs, but they still [bad word]  niggas
 We tryna stand tall when it gets to [bad word] niggas

 Break down! We break down..

 [Verse 3: J. Cole]
 Servin' time, lie down
 And she don't want nobody to know, it started 25 pounds
 By the time he get out, she gonna be 4
 Now will his girl stay down?
 Ain't no doubt, yeah she love him fo sho
 But temptation stays round
 And if she strayed, how could he ever know?
 And so, she goes to the club on the weekend
 little freakin', but them niggas holla
 But she never speakin', but tonight I see the devil creepin'
 Cause she been lonely, she ain't felt a man in 7 seasons
 [bad word]  She do the best that she can
 Her mama tellin' her to find another man
 She college educated with a felon boyfriend
 That's what she thinkin' tonight
 Maybe she's right, but please

 Stay down mama! Gotta be strong, don't break down mama!
 Please..