[Chorus: Sampha]
Early✦ mornin'✦ wake-ups✦ (Ah), practicin'✦ on day-offs (Ah)
Tough love (Ah), bottled✦ up, no chaser✦ (Ah)
Neat, no chaser✦ (Ah), neat, no chaser✦ (Ah)
Neat, no chaser✦ (Ah), neat, no chase- (Ah)
Early✦ mornin'✦ wake-ups✦ (Wake-ups),✦ practicin'✦ on day-offs (Ah, day-offs)
Tough love (Ah), bottled✦ up, no chaser✦ (Ah)
Neat, no chaser✦ (Ah), neat, no chaser✦ (Ah)
Neat, no chaser✦ (Ah), neat, no chaser✦
[Verse 2: Kendrick Lamar & Sampha]
I got daddy✦ issues,✦ that's on me
Lookin'✦ for, "I love you", rarely✦ empathizin' for my relief
A child that grew accustomed, jumping up when I scraped my knee
'Cause if I cried about✦ it, he'd surely✦ tell me not to be weak
Daddy✦ issues,✦ hid my emotions, never✦ expressed myself
Men should never✦ show feelings, being sensitive✦ never✦ helped✦
His momma✦ died, I asked✦ him why he goin' back to work so soon?
His first reply✦ was, "Son, that's life, and bills got no silver✦ spoon"
Daddy✦ issues,✦ fuck everybody, go get your money,✦ son
Protect yourself, trust nobody,✦ only✦ your momma'n'em
This made relationships seem cloudy,✦ never✦ attached to none
So if you took some likings around me, I might reject the love
Daddy✦ issues✦ kept me competitive,✦ that's a fact, nigga✦
I don't give a fuck what's the narrative,✦ I am that nigga✦
When Kanye got back with Drake, I was slightly confused
Guess I'm not mature✦ as I think, got some healin'✦ to do
Egotistic, zero-given fucks and to be specific (Ah)
Need assistance with the way I was brought up (Ah, ah)
What's the difference when your heart is made of stone
And your mind is made of gold
And your tongue is made of sword, but it may weaken✦ your soul?
My niggas ain't got no daddy,✦ grow up overcompensatin'
Learn shit 'bout bein' a man and disguise it as bein' gangsta
I love my father✦ for tellin'✦ me to take off the gloves✦
'Cause everything✦ he didn't want was everything✦ I was
And to my partners that figured it out without a father✦
I salute✦ you, may your blessings be neutral to your toddlers
It's crucial, they can't stop us if we see the mistakes
'Til then, let's give the women✦ a break, grown men with daddy✦ issues✦
[Chorus: Sampha]
Early✦ mornin'✦ wake-ups✦ (Ah), practicin'✦ on day-offs (Ah)
Tough love (Ah), bottled✦ up, no chaser✦ (Ah)
Neat, no chaser✦ (Ah), neat, no chaser✦ (Ah)
Neat, no chaser✦ (Ah), neat, no chaser✦