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Stephen the Levite uses the phrase “dead beat” to refer to dead beat dads, who aren’t taking care of or raising their kids. He also plays with the term to say he’s murdering the track (making it a dead beat).
This is also notably one of Stephen the Levite’s several songs in which he keeps the same...
I look in the hood and I ask “where the fathers at?”/ I see tons of mothers but neh, not a lot of dads/ the kids are embittered and bad makin’ momma mad/ in public she’s cussin’ and slappin’ ‘em on the ave// no ring on her finger which adds to the drama had/ her clothes are exposin’ her crack almost all her back/ she want ‘em the holla, in fact she’s a holla back/ off the track, murk it black, body that, murder that beat//
Dudes be runnin’ through tappin’ and fallin’ back/ none of ‘em love her they brag, never call her back/ her youth are confused with her actions and all of that/ she’s tryin’ to find ‘em a dad with a lot of cash// the picture they’re givin’ is wack but she models that/ unless something better is happenin’ they’ll follow that/ they buggin’ for frontin’ but cats want their father back/ off the track, murk it black, body that, murder that beat//
They older and growing too fast chasin’ dollar stacks/ the son has been runnin’ with crack dealer talkin’ trash/ the daughter is caught in the trap always on her back/ the both of them don’t know the half of the Father’s wrath// a Christian is given compassion to holla at/ the two of ‘em usin’ the tracts on the hotter aves/ the bro is a soloist rappin’ on top of tracks/ off the track, murk it black, body that, murder that beat//
He’s preachin’ and teachin’ the facts tryin’ to model Acts/ he’s killin’ the Phillip but dag that’s a lot of swag/ his pride and defiance are active and on attack/ was hurt in the church and he dag sho’ ain’t crawlin’ back// he’s sow his oats and he’s dashin’, he’s not the cat/ the type to disciple and have brothers on a path/ commited, equippin’ and crap, that’s a lot to ask/ off the track, murk it black, body that, murder that beat//
He’s missin’ the mission and graspin’ for knowledge that/ impresses the heads when they ask for an autograph/ he thinks he’s completin’ the tasks that the Father asks, his vision is limited laskin’ the broader vast// scope of the hope that we have, the response to match/ his role n the goal for the masses, he’s not attached/ content independent and braggin’ for nada black/ off the track, murk it black, body that, murder that beat//
I look in the hood and I ask “where the fathers at?”/ off the track, murk it black, body that, murder that, beat/ I look in the hood and I ask “where the fathers at?”/ off the track, murk it black, body that, murder that, beat/ I look in the hood and I ask “where the fathers at?”/ off the track, murk it black, body that, murder that, beat/ I see tons of mothers but neh, not a lot of dads/ Where they at? Where they at? Where they at?//
Stephen the Levite released Dead Beat // デッドビート on Tue Apr 24 2012.