Can and Cannot Stay
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So I was in this band called The Last Wish in high school
And, uh, we were playing this show, and after the show I
Asked the band, "Hey, do you mind if I play this song?"
And, uh, they were like, "Okay," and so
I got up and I played this song, and, uh
After the show, the next day, the parents of the band
They called a parent meeting
Hey, I was thinking, you know, that, that, uh
We're gonna get signed and shit, you know, like
Like the parents were gonna put all their money together
The meeting was about how, "We're worried about the lead singer"
So, me and my crew, I mean, me and Mom and Dad
We rolled up, three deep
We walked in this meeting, slow motion
We heard, we sat, we listened
And, uh, they didn't approve of what I was singing about
Yeah, wait, wait, wait
So, um, they didn't want to be represented that way, so
So I remember standing up, real slow-like, and I said, "Let's bounce"
I'm sixteen years old, you know
I'm like, "Let's bounce"
My mom gets up, knocks over the lamp
Slow motion, "Fuck your lamp," boom
Waka Flocka's playing in the background, you know
Dun, dun-nuh-nuh, dun, dun-nuh-nuh, dun, dun-nuh-nuh
Nah, actually it didn't go down that way
It was more like, "Um, Mom, Dad, I think it's time to go"
And, uh, yeah, I said, "I'm just gonna go ahead and quit the band"
And, uh, and I took my songs with me
But on the way home that night, we were
That's all good
On the way home that night, we were driving
And I thought to myself, you know, uh
"That's the last time I'm ever gonna let anybody
Tell me what I can and cannot say in a song"
So we got home, and my mom wasn't at this show that they're
Talking about, so she goes, "So let me hear this song"