[Chorus]:

This is a letter to my pops
And yeah I signed it n***a
Im absent minded cause the
Absence of my father figure

This is a letter to my pops
And yeah I signed it n***a
Im absent minded cause the
Absence of my father figure

This is a letter to my pops
And yeah I signed it n***a
Im absent minded cause the
Absence of my father figure

This is a letter to my pops
And yeah I signed it n***a
Im absent minded cause the
Absence of my father figure

[first verse]:

Grew up without my daddy we wasn't on speaking terms
He started doing crack the day I started speaking words
And cheatin' on my mother, ended up just leaving her
No pot to piss in but when shit hit he was peeing first
We was on Georgia Ave. when DC was still black and proud
Where babies sellin' TCH to go with black and milds
No cribs for MTV these lil n***as wildin' out
They sold my daddy rock and now he's slowly dying out

[Chorus]:

This is a letter to my pops
And yeah I signed it n***a
Im absent minded cause the
Absence of my father figure

This is a letter to my pops
And yeah I signed it n***a
Im absent minded cause the
Absence of my father figure

This is a letter to my pops
And yeah I signed it n***a
Im absent minded cause the
Absence of my father figure

This is a letter to my pops
And yeah I signed it n***a
Im absent minded cause the
Absence of my father figure

[second verse]:

At four years old I became the new man of the house
Then I turned 17 thats when I really helped out
See no more xanny sellin' my beats uncanny no doubt
It get me paid so my mama won't go through a drought
We had to struggle homie you was nowhere to be found
Unstable housing like Katrina had just hit the ground, you let me down
No hero here to protect me now
My biggest fear is that my tears are gonna make me drown
Im losing peers, shits getting weird my n***as in the ground
And free my n***as who locked up who always held it down
A father figure could've made these hot-heads simmer down
And my n***a who got killed last summer yeah he'd be around
A father figure shows a youngin' how to truly move
So he's ready for any petty thing that he go through
My OG failed cause I had never learned the proper rules
Some came close, most had failed, nobody replacing you


[Chorus]:

This is a letter to my pops
And yeah I signed it n***a
Im absent minded cause the
Absence of my father figure

This is a letter to my pops
And yeah I signed it n***a
Im absent minded cause the
Absence of my father figure

This is a letter to my pops
And yeah I signed it n***a
Im absent minded cause the
Absence of my father figure

This is a letter to my pops
And yeah I signed it n***a
Im absent minded cause the
Absence of my father figure

[third verse]:

For all the n***as who told me that they would never leave
Part of my soul really hoping that all of you bleed
And feel the pain I felt, having to watch you all leave
I felt it everyday no perky, xan, lean, or aleve
Could ever numb that shit
Helped out when we needed it you coulda done that shit
Always showed up empty handed, never come with shit
I wrote this letter to you cause I'm your son and I hope you
Reading this you piece of shit

[Chorus]:

This is a letter to my pops
And yeah I signed it n***a
Im absent minded cause the
Absence of my father figure

This is a letter to my absent minded father figure
Im absent minded cause yo actions yeah you bitch ass n***a