{Intro: Rob Riley]

It's not often you find that one

But when you do

You put a padlock on it

And lock that shit down

[Verse 1: Rob Riley]

Mislead, am I to hold it down plus keep my head up

Misread, I'll just do it 'til I'm fed up

Mistakes, messed up living on pressed luck

Just when I thought it was getting better

Milking my last nerve, the nerve of this heifer

You'd think she'd change after I almost left her

Admitted it's tough to forget her...her...her...

Her smile, her style, waitin' 'round knowing the end results worthwhile

Erstwhile, she gave birth to my first child

And nothing compares, just throw in the towel

Damn that, I'm a man first and I love pussy

I know women listening' like "How could he?"

Would he be any different, if he didn't go through it?

Would it really make a difference?

[Refrain: Rob Riley]

Jail made me a father

Father made me a man

Man can't exist without woman

Here I am

Again, Jail made me a father

Father made me a man

Man can't exist without woman

Here i am

God damn

[Hook: Rob Riley]

I ain't here to hold you back

(Not me)

I'm just here to have your back

(That's me)

Invite you in my home in fact

(Wooooo)

Give you what I know you lack

(On me)

[Verse 2: Rob Riley]

Signal in and out when I'm in the house

When she finally get through, gotta hear her mouth

But i listen let her air it out

Then stop her cold like "Hear me out"!

We fuss then we fuckin' , I wear it out

Break her off from the root, she'll tear it out

That's what we're about, simple compromise

I don't take no shit 'cause I ain't got the time

Not in my house, where I draw the line

Promises and lies, playing with my mind it's fine

I don't wanna go there on her, sans the drama

We both so scared of karma

Can't fault us, partners, 'til the very end

Going through it really made a difference

But did it really make a difference?

[Refrain: Rob Riley]

Jail made me a father

Father made me a man

Man can't exist without woman

Here I am

Again, Jail made me a father

Father made me a man

Man can't exist without woman

Here i am

God damn

[Hook: Rob Riley]

I ain't here to hold you back

(Not me)

I'm just here to have your back

(That's me)

Invite you in my home in fact

(Wooooo)

Give you what I know you lack

(On me)

[Verse 3: Rob Riley]

Arguments, talking then, on and then off again

Start and then stall again, this is all part of this

Larger narrative, we ain't married yet

I can bounce now won't feel half bad

Maybe but it won't be stable for baby

And the statistics are what the system trying to make me

Lately, they've got some success from me

I refuse to repeat the cycle, successfully

It's a nah for me, as sure as I stand

And I'll say it before and I'll say it again

[Refrain: Rob Riley]

Jail made me a father

Father made me a man

Man can't exist without woman

Here I am

Again, Jail made me a father

Father made me a man

Man can't exist without woman

Here i am

God damn

[Hook: Rob Riley]

I ain't here to hold you back

(Not me)

I'm just here to have your back

(That's me)

Invite you in my home in fact

(Wooooo)

Give you what I know you lack

(On me)