Class

I got lucky with the life I was given
I never go around whining as if I was a victim
But I've got friends who've been through struggles and you'd cry if you listen
And they control their fireworks, like a pyrotechnician
Been tryna write this one for a very long time
It's important I perform it so I better not cry

I know a guy who's a little bit older
When I need advice he's got water proof shoulders
Me and his wife, no, he never ignored us
He lived his life just to give and support us
And now you know who it's about and if you don' t then listen closely,
Try and focus figure out that I'm just,
man I'm just, rapping 'bout my dad
I wanna share a couple stories 'cause there's cancer near his bladder
Not a eulogy as you can see it doesn't really matter
But truthfully I'm used to being calm and now I'm shattered

I've seen him laugh in the deepest darkness
I've seen his mask when he meets disaster
I've seen him pass but it's in the past, all class needed no class to be a decent father
I've seen him laugh in the deepest darkness
I've seen his mask when he meets disaster
I've seen him pass but it's in the past all class needed no class

I check my inner me for memories the day I found out
Yet on my enemies a sentence I would hate to hand out
I said
Dad go 'head and tell me the news, you look sad, like you got something to lose
He said
Lad, not keeping nothing from you,
It looks bad and there's not a lot of comfort in truth
I got scans
And I said
Well, what the fuck did they prove?
He said the answer is it's cancer that I'm suffering through

And When I got the confession, I felt lost
But I'm not the type to stop for directions, I told God
That's my father, why you lessen his health
Felt cross near my heart, but wasn't blessing myself
I looked over at the man that any person could see
Was just an older, wiser, stronger, taller version of me
He said listen here son
He knowingly smiled
I'm 'bout to share with you a secret that I've known for a while
I feel fine, a doctor's verdict ain't deciding my life, I'll have a couple operations
I'm alright with the knife
We're at least a couple decades off of crying goodbyes
I'll have the time of my life I can rely on my wife and feel better'

I've seen him laugh in the deepest darkness
I've seen his mask when he meets disaster
I've seen him pass but it's in the past, all class needed no class to be a decent father
I've seen him laugh in the deepest darkness
I've seen his mask when he meets disaster
I've seen him pass but it's in the past all class needed no class