Any Man In America Blue October

I only note spending time away
I only note the truth is spoken
Best when brutally, so honestly
I'll let you know you set the standards lyrically for me
One single middle finger, say raise it up
My speech will always be free
Like Martin Luther King, you had meaning to me
Single-handedly saving music, starving industry
A hip-hop legend with skin like invisible ink
Black, even though he was whiter than me
He was the first to be colorless, speaking for all of us
Then you let us into your family
Mother, father, brother, sister, wife, daughter
Damn, right in front of me

That's when I miss my daughter desperately
Your Mockingbird puts dents in me
While touring press and reliving my song Hate Me
I was losing custody, I never even saw that shit
How she played me and planned and sought it fit
To turn that trick and financially, she would benefit
My first and probably only Billboard hit
Was gonna pay for my two year old's college
I should have hid that shit, so she couldn't spend that shit
It took twenty years of working just to earn that shit
Now word for word, I've listened, heard, and I'm done
Done