Royce Da 5'9" - Power (Book of Ryan) lyrics

You want what for Christmas? Hell no What chu mean this is all we got? That's it... [Verse 1] It's Christmas time in the Montgomery home Daddy's actin' all crazy again Momma got herself a bloody nose Daddy slapped her in the face again Why they always gotta fight so much? damn Momma face swole Me and my bros in a panic state If thats the case, yo I can't just stay around this Everything was fine, we just had dinner We got all the He-Mans Battle Cat, Adam and Cringer, even Castle Greyskull and Snake Mountain Now we sit and listen to y'all argue about how y'all planned this day And y'all just admitted to us Santa fake So Kid Vishis just ran away poutin' Now I gotta go and console him He wasn't nothin' but a spoiled little boy then Little naive with an innocent cry All he ever wanted to do was fit in with us And y'all bought him a pair of fake Timberlands and put in a real Timberland box I never forget them boots, they was called Rugged Outbacks Momma went and found them at Payless and made us promise not to say nothin' Then Pop came in like he ain't know nothin' about it Like, "Judy you gon' send that boy out in public like that?" "He'll be just fine, these kids ain't 'bout to be looking down at his feet for no treat" And she really meant that Meanwhile, this little arrogant n***a called himself stuntin' on me and Greg with him talkin' about, "where your Timbs at?" But he was too young to detect sarcasm so we was like, "n***a, where your Timbs at?" [Verse 2] It's Thanksgiving in the Montgomery home Greg just came in here drunk again Now Momma tryna' cover for him, she afraid my Daddy gone punch him again Why you gotta get drunk so much? damn! I wish you would just stay where you was at instead of coming home all rude and disrespectin' our father Follow all the rules and sh**, man The mood done switched me and Vicious playing Connect Four Our Favorite movie just came on the tube and it's ironic it's Bloodsport And I'm looking at Frank Dux and sh**, thinkin' you should split Before Daddy come down these stairs of this basement and see you wasted But he just cut me off like, "That n***a ain't gon' do sh**" But the truth is he couldn't whoop my dad even if he was sober I know 'cause he tried once Ended up unconscious, a broke arm and a tooth was chipped My big bro got a lot of emotional problems He feel that we was all abused as kids He saw Momma get dragged down all kinds of stairs like a ragdoll when he was two And this is back when Daddy used to sniff c**aine, poor thang He had to be subjected to this when he gets drunk He gets to losing it He gets the illusion that he gon' protect us all from the Big Bad Wolf Stand up to him and prove some sh** But all he really doing is stressing Mom out Gotta her goin', "boy you know your daddy up there asleep The food is ready, why don't you stop making all this noise and let him stay sleep?" The Turkey's done in the Montgomery home Dad has just been awakened again Greg is making all kinds of noise Daddy's on his way angry again "Who is that making all that God damn noise? Greggy, get up here! You been out there drinking again? What the f** I tell you about coming in my house with this disrespectful sh**? n***a where the f** you don' been?" I'm thinking to myself Greg please don't say nothin' stupid, man Every time my Daddy in his drawers and he standing in the hallway mad at somebody, I swear to God he got the same strength as Superman My brother turned around and just walks in the kitchen Without even givin' an answer, with his back to him like "I ain't gotta talk to you n***a" "n***a, you don't hear me talking to you?" Next thing my brother did is something that when it comes to my father is something you just don't do He looked him right in his eyes and he asked him, "what the f** is you gon' do?" My father hit him so hard his body hit the stove The oven door hit the f**ing floor The turkey fell out the oven whole and landed near the stairs Now Daddy standing over Greg talkin' 'bout, "n***a, you ain't hurt! Get up, get up!" And here come Vish' talkin' 'bout, "Dad, I don't think he gon' get up" Then Momma went damn near hysterical She called the police, the police came Neighbors is all in the street watching the cops takin' my father out in handcuffs Damn, man that sh** was real embara**ing To all my friends I grew up with or grew up fatherless I know through me you live vicariously I want you to know that we ain't know better than you and yours We all needed therapy We care about each other more than we care about if anybody understands us What I'm tryin' say is "f** you!" and Happy Holidays from the Montgomery family [Verse 3] Every man reaches that point in life Where he don't want to make excuses no more more Life took me on a rollercoaster ride I've been up I've been down all the ribbons and my daddy came Took me on highs Turned around and then took me on lows Oh Then I think about it I use that sh** as fuel Then I changed it into "power" Now can't you feel it? Can't you feel it? That I'm a grown man with "power" Yeah, let me hear you say yeah If you was raised in a strict home like me Felt alone like me and it gave you "power" Oooh You can do it too just look at me See I'm a grown man with "power" Yeah, everybody say yeah If you don't know the meaning of abusive You've been through so much ain't nothing nobody can do to you Now can't you feel it? I'mma run away This is how I became A grown man with "power" You can do it too If I can do it Use this "power" I was a runaway I was a runaway There ain't nothing you can do to me [Outro: Royce Da 5'9" & "His son"] "When you were a child growing up with grandad and granny Did you really feel like grandad was a good father to you?" Absolutely, absolutely. All my friend's daddy's was walking out on them left and right. Y'know he never left us, he was always there for us. Y'know there were a lot of things that happened that I didn't understand. Maybe I might not have answered the question the same way when I was a teenager, but I understand and appreciate him so much more now: as a man. Y'know 'cause he taught me respect and discipline and consequences for your acts. So yeah of course "Do you think his approach as a father really shaped the type of father that you are today, or do you in some ways think it had negatives to it, and if so, what kind of negative traits do you try to avoid having as a father right now, to me?" When you have your own you'll understand