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This isn't happening
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 Just like my father was before me
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 And everyday he'd cut the cane
 He came home late and prayed for rain, prayed for rain
 And on the days when nothing came
 My father's face was lined with shame
 He'd sit me down beside him and he'd say,
 "My father was a farmer,
 His father was a farmer,
 And you will be a farmer."
 But I told him,
 "Papi, I'm sorry, I'm going farther.
 I'm getting on a plane
 And I'm gonna change the world someday."
 And he slapped my face
 He stood there, staring at me
 Useless
 Today
 my daughter's home and I am
 Useless
 And as a baby she amazed me with the things she learned each day
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 She used to stay on the fire escape while all the other kids would play
 And I would stand beside her and I'd say,
 "I'm proud to be your father
 Cuz you worked so much harder
 And you are so much smarter
 Then I was at your age."
 And I always knew
 That she would fly away
 That she was gonna change the world someday
 I will not be the reason that my family can't succeed
 I will do what it takes
 They'll have everything they need
 Or all my work, all my life
 Everything I've sacrificed will have been useless