[Verse 1]   Dear Jacob   I won't take up too much of you time   I know you're trying to get your video game-grind on   And that's fine   Just gimme a second to empty my face   Before I hit the road again to go and win this paper chase   I've been watching you man   I'm proud of you man   You're growing up to be the best man that you possibly can   I know you understand   Why I go out of town   I also know my days are colder when you're not around   Sometimes I wonder what it's like to be adapted to the fact   That daddy never lived inside the same shack   And sometimes I get this pain in my stomach's pit   It's what I get   I'm convinced it's my punishment   For those nights I got drunk and let go at some bar   In some city with some people I don't know   For all the times that the lines on your face   Reminded me of the days before the dagonflies escaped   It trips me out how you pick up all my traits   From the way that you spit to the fists that you make   I watch the way you try to keep your mom happy   Daddy learned that from you   You're supposed to learn that from daddy   I can't teach much when it comes to women   I drive safe and slow but don't know nothing 'bout the engine   You're doing good little man thats all I really meant   I love you   You're my best friend, thanks for listening      [Verse 2]   Dear Craig   What up bones? How it goes?   Yeah, me? Well, you know, you know, same old, same old   Sorry that the phone calls ain't too routine   Just been runnin' around the globe tryin' to do my thing   Sometimes the weeks fly a little too fast   And sometimes I go to sleep a little too trashed   Other times I'm not sittin' on enough cash   And other times today feels too much like the past   Sometimes at night I would watch y'all fight   A child wonderin'   Why your life just ain't alright?   What's the violence about? Why's it in my house?   And even the memories are turned up too loud   Yeah, I got some issues in my head   Knew we should've started fixing 'em back when she left you   I'm not trying to get you down, I know you're different now   But your little man justs wants you to listen now   I'm over thirty, can't maintain relations   All these women wanna hurt me and I just don't have the patience   I can't trust 'em   And they're not much help   When they start to push and pull the buttons I don't trust myself   What pride, fists, and words just might do?   I'm afraid of my fate, don't wanna turn out like you   I've never hit a woman   I won't do coke   And for that alone I love you and I wanna thank you old man      [Verse 3]   Dear Sean   What's goin' on?   Not much to say   Just checkin' in wit'cha trying to see what's wrong today   I know there's gotta be something kickin' your bruises   How's the love? How's the music? How's the self-abusiveness?   Got a lot to lose, it's breakin' your shoulders   So you let your paranoia place your bets for you   Too many cigarettes, messin' up your voice   Too many arguments, tryin' to test your poise   The only women that love you are fans and family   Mom has no choice, but fans leave you randomly   No heavy rotation   In any location   You're not ready to face that you have no steady vocation   Plus you're gettin' old, your raps are exhausted   Stop it, everybody knows that you've lost it   Singin' for these kids you don't know   When you should be at home with your own instead you're on your telephone   Fightin' with your girl like it's you against the world   Another drunk hotel bedroom corner, curled up like a naked fetus   Come and save him Jesus   Place him back in time before the Reaganomics and Adidas   Sometimes you're not impressed with the work you've done   And love isn't love if you didn't hurt someone   Your son says, "Hi dad."   Your dad says, "Whats up?"   And me, I wanna thank you, but I won't, I'll just say, "Good luck."