In Her Music Box-Atmosphere

[00:36.78]She had a bad dream in the back seat [00:38.73]The same one as yesterday, the same one as last week [00:41.41] [00:42.04]Surrounded by her favorite favorites [00:43.35] [00:44.29]Elmo, Barbie, her purple baby blanket [00:46.23] [00:46.78]And that little matchbox, looks just like Dad's car [00:48.79] [00:49.79]Its fast on the leather, pretends its nascar [00:51.41] [00:52.17]It jumps over Elmo cause it can fly that far [00:54.79]With Daddy in the front seat frontin like a rap star [00:58.05]And girl, oh girl, Daddy's the greatest [00:59.56]He knows the words to everything on the radio play list [01:02.24] [01:02.80]He fakes the accent, even makes all the faces [01:05.06]And when he raises his voice it makes her feel like hes famous [01:07.86] [01:08.93]Yeah Papa got his lean on, a mean one [01:11.05]Weavin down Lake Street tryin to get his scene on [01:13.31] [01:13.86]Stoppin the whip to say something out the window [01:15.80] [01:16.43]Bobbin his head to the beat on the radio [01:18.37] [01:19.49]Good Daddy wont smoke no **** until the bass cradles her back to sleep [01:23.05] [01:24.12]But he can steak his mack while she takes a nap [01:26.93]To the sweet pretty sounds of the gangster rap [01:28.68] [01:29.49]The high hats are angles' voices [01:31.68]They keep her distracted from the strangers' voices [01:34.50] [01:35.68]Escape is a paradox because the childhood is locked in that music box [01:39.43] [01:40.49]Daddys drive around, Mommys work night shift [01:42.74] [01:43.31]Sweet dreams, sleep little precious [01:44.99] [01:45.62]Lay down in that music box, Escape in the sound of that music box [01:51.00]Daddys drive around, Mommys work night shift [01:53.11] [01:53.74]Sweet dreams, sleep little precious [01:55.62] [01:56.62]Lay down in that music box, Escape in the sound of that music box [02:01.12] [02:13.18]Yeah, Daddy knows people, hes important [02:14.43]The guy with the suit and tie they see at the court [02:17.43]And it seems like he ain't tryin to talk to police [02:19.87]But at the car wash they treat him like the star that she sees [02:22.56] [02:23.56]They like Poppa's big wheels [02:25.18]And the lollipop she gets makes her feel like a big deal [02:27.80] [02:28.55]Not allowed to have it yet, gotta sit still [02:30.87]Like the toy that she knows is gonna come with the kids meal [02:33.56] [02:34.50]She loves drive-thru food [02:36.06]Health conscious Dad, he buys her the juice [02:38.74]A little sip of soda builds the pride [02:40.56] [02:41.37]Go ahead baby-girl don't spill those fries [02:43.18] [02:44.50]Nu-uh, Papa cant roll a messy office [02:46.87]Compulsive in the way she lay them napkins all across the seat [02:50.07]Never puts her feet up on the upholstery [02:52.46]Just kicks em side to side to the beat on the radio [02:54.76] [02:55.77]She sings along like Dad does [02:57.52]She knows all the words but she leaves out the bad ones [03:00.20]Except "*****" she always sings the word "*****" [03:02.51]Cause it makes her daddy laugh, its her magic trick [03:05.40]And when Daddy picks Mommy up they fight [03:08.21]They fight about money, they fight about life [03:09.84]So she concentrates oh so hard on the music [03:12.65] [03:13.27]And loses herself inside of the bass and the movement [03:16.47]Daddys drive around, Mommys work night shift [03:19.15]Sweet dreams, sleep little precious [03:21.52] [03:22.02]Lay down in that music box, Escape in the sound of that music box [03:26.34] [03:27.40]Daddys drive around, Mommys work night shift [03:29.40] [03:30.40]Sweet dreams, sleep little precious [03:32.09] [03:32.78]Lay down in that music box, Escape in the sound of that music box [03:37.05] [03:38.99]Turn that Buick off