In Her Music Box-Atmosphere

[00:31.68]She had a bad dream in the back seat [00:34.23]The same one as yesterday, the same one as last week [00:36.92]Surrounded by her favorite favorites [00:39.47]Elmo, Barbie, her purple baby blanket [00:41.91]And that little matchbox, looks just like Dad's car [00:44.66]Its fast on the leather, pretends its nascar [00:47.16]It jumps over Elmo cause it can fly that far [00:49.90]With Daddy in the front seat frontin like a rap star [00:52.65]And girl, oh girl, Daddy's the greatest [00:54.74]He knows the words to everything on the radio play list [00:57.79]He fakes the accent, even makes all the faces [01:00.18]And when he raises his voice it makes her feel like hes famous [01:03.38]Yeah Papa got his lean on, a mean one [01:06.03]Weavin down Lake Street tryin to get his scene on [01:08.41]Stoppin the whip to say something out the window [01:11.26]Bobbin his head to the beat on the radio [01:13.81]Good Daddy wont smoke no **** until the bass cradles her back to sleep [01:18.40]But he can steak his mack while she takes a nap [01:21.44]To the sweet pretty sounds of the gangster rap [01:24.39]The high hats are angles' voices [01:26.83]They keep her distracted from the strangers' voices [01:30.17]Escape is a paradox because the childhood is locked in that music box [01:35.16]Daddys drive around, Mommys work night *****ft [01:37.66]Sweet dreams, sleep little precious [01:40.40]Lay down in that music box, Escape in the sound of that music box [01:45.04]Daddys drive around, Mommys work night *****ft [01:48.29]Sweet dreams, sleep little precious [01:51.03]Lay down in that music box, Escape in the sound of that music box [01:55.87] [02:06.66]Yeah, Daddy knows people, hes important [02:09.15]The guy with the suit and tie they see at the court [02:11.45]And it seems like he ain't tryin to talk to police [02:14.03]But at the car wash they treat him like the star that she sees [02:17.37]They like Poppa's big wheels [02:19.07]And the lollipop she gets makes her feel like a big deal [02:22.22]Not allowed to have it yet, gotta sit still [02:24.41]Like the toy that she knows is gonna come with the kids meal [02:28.15]She loves drive-thru food [02:30.10]Health conscious Dad, he buys her the juice [02:32.71]A little sip of soda builds the pride [02:35.16]Go ahead baby-girl don't spill those fries [02:38.05]Nu-uh, Papa cant roll a messy office [02:40.59]Compulsive in the way she lay them napkins all across the seat [02:43.24]Never puts her feet up on the upholstery [02:45.69]Just kicks em side to side to the beat on the radio [02:48.99]She sings along like Dad does [02:51.23]She knows all the words but she leaves out the bad ones [02:53.78]Except "*****" she always sings the word "*****" [02:56.07]Cause it makes her daddy laugh, its her magic trick [02:59.02]And when Daddy picks Mommy up they fight [03:01.57]They fight about money, they fight about life [03:03.91]So she concentrates oh so hard on the music [03:06.75]And loses herself inside of the bass and the movement [03:09.54]Daddys drive around, Mommys work night *****ft [03:12.43]Sweet dreams, sleep little precious [03:14.93]Lay down in that music box, Escape in the sound of that music box [03:19.70]Daddys drive around, Mommys work night *****ft [03:22.75]Sweet dreams, sleep little precious [03:25.53]Lay down in that music box, Escape in the sound of that music box [03:31.43]Turn that Buick off