Lyrics Pop Music - Zach Sherwin
I
was
a
two
year
old
toddler,
Still
sucking
on
my
bottle,
When
my
parents
got
divorced
which
was
the
pits
like
avocados.
Pops'
hopped
in
his
auto,
And
he
drove
off,
full
throttle.
Only
child,
single
mom,
Not
many
male
role-models.
Not
a
lot
of
father
figures
once
my
pop
duke
split,
So,
I
had
to
swap
him
out
and
adopt
a
new
pick.
My
surrogate
Pops'
was
hip-hop
music,
So
now
I
don't
call
it
"rap,"
I
call
it
"pop"
music.
Rap
music
was
the
father
figure
that
raised
me,
So
I
say
"pop"
music
because
I
feel
as
if
I'm
it's
son.
My
uncle
Alan
said
it
off
when
he
gave
me
two
cassettes
as
Hanukkah
gave
to
1991.
Now,
one
of
those
tapes
was
by
"Naughty
By
Nature,"
It's
their
self-titled
debut
album,
"Naughty
by
Nature."
And
there's
a
song
on
there
called,
"Ghetto
Bastard,"
About
the
absent
father
of
Treach,
their
lead
rapper,
Where
he
says,
"I
was
one
who
never
had
and
always
mad,
Never
knew
my
dad,
Motherfuck
the
fag!"
And
using
the
word
"fag"
is
not
my
bag,
no,
But
dag,
yo,
that
sentiment
was
powerful
and
agro.
Treach
also
felt
lost
and
alone,
But
unlike
me,
he
was
filled
with
testosterone,
Like
Sylves-tost-a-lone!
And
from
then
on,
class
was
in
session.
I
was
basking
in
masculine
rap
lessons
from
men
like,
Method
Man,
And
Redman,
And
Beenie
Man,
And
Birdman,
R.A
The
Rugged
Man,
LA
The
Darkman,
And
the
Sunz
of
Man,
And
Paul
Barman,
And
father
figures
like
Big
Poppa
and
Puff
Daddy,
And
Snoop,
the
Dog
Father,
And
Kane,
The
Big
Daddy.
Not
Kris
Kross,
exactly,
Daddy
Mac
and
Mac
Daddy,
But,
Father
MC
and
Trick
Daddy.
I
learned
about
male
bonding
from
the
Wu-Tang
Killa
Bees,
Eminem
taught
me
craftsmanship
and
productivity,
LL
showed
me
how
to
be
smooth
with
the
ladies,
And
I
learned
Jews
could
be
dope
MC's
for
The
Beasties,
And
I
got
opposed
to
anger,
violence,
and
misogyny,
'Cause
your
Pops'
doesn't
only
impact
you
positively.
But,
most
importantly,
I
learned
I
wanted
to
be
an
MC,
The
rap
apple
didn't
fall
far
from
the
tree,
– the
"Rapple!"
I
never
had
a
daddy
rockin'
my
cradle,
I
just
had
Pop
Music
to
rock
the
stage
and
the
microphone.
Pop
Music
raised
me
up
like
I
was
the
roof,
Not
a
boy
from
the
hood,
But
this
meant
from
the
hood
brought
me
up
from
boyhood
into
manhood!
So,
here's
the
epilogue,
I
was
a
college
kid
in
Boston,
And
my
friend
at
Tufts
called
me
up
when
class
started
that
autumn.
And
she
said
there
was
a
concert
at
her
school
for
welcome
back,
And
Naughty
By
Nature
was
the
headlining
act.
So
I
go
to
the
show
and
two
thirds
of
the
way
through,
Treach
says,
"Here's
the
deal,
y'all.
Every
concert
we
do,
we
like
to
showcase
local
talent.
So,
come
on,
Tufts,
You
know
who
your
best
MC's
are;
send
'em
on
up!"
The
next
thing
I
know,
I'm
waiting
onstage
in
a
line-up.
I
stood
there
in
a
panic,
cue'd
my
best
run
and
made
my
mind
up,
Til
Kay
Gee,
their
DJ,
looked
at
me
and
pointed,
And
he
dropped
the
instrumental,
And
I
totally
destroyed
it!
Treach
said,
"You
blew
up
the
place!"
And
put
his
arm
around
me
and
what
I
can
only
describe
as
a
fatherly
embrace,
And
I
felt
a
joy
that
can't
be
expressed,
As
Treach
pressed
my
Old
Navy
T-shirt
against
his
bulletproof
vest.
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