Power Lyrics - Royce Da 5'9

You want what for Christmas? 

Hell no 

What chu mean this is all we got? 

That's it... 

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 

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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 

Photos 

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 nigga 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, "nigga, where your Timbs at?" 

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' all our father 

Follow all the rules and shit, 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 shit, 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 nigga ain't gon' do shit" 

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 cocaine, 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 shit 

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 fuck I tell you about coming in my house 

with this disrespectful shit? 

Nigga where the fuck 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 nigga" 

"Nigga, 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 fuck is you gon' do?" 

My father hit him so hard his body hit the stove 

The oven door hit the fucking floor 

The turkey fell out the oven whole and landed near the stairs 

Now Daddy standing over Greg talkin' 'bout, 

"Nigga, 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 shit was real embarassing 

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 no 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 "fuck you! 

" and Happy Holidays from the Montgomery family 

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 shit 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 

Do to me 

"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