How Many Kids You Got
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Awww man, speakin of baby mommas, how many, how many kids you got dawg, man, shit, nephew I got fo'. four? fo' kids 5 baby mommas man. I'm trippin. naw man, you lucky. aww shit, lucky man, how may kids you got? man, I got kids like a good hand of spades. a good hand of spades? yea. 6 and 2 possibles. man, I go to court for child support and he aks me do I wanna go bored? I say yea. he talkin about you can't make one mo'? I say I donno, you prolly end up settin me.




Overall Meaning

In Murphy Lee's song How Many Kids You Got, the lyrics revolve around the topic of baby mamas and children. The song mainly focuses on the number of kids each person has and the various struggles that come with having multiple children with different partners. Murphy Lee starts off by asking how many children the other person has, and the response he gets is overwhelming. The person says he has four children with five baby mamas, which emphasises the complications that come with having children with multiple partners. Murphy Lee then shares the number of children he has by saying he has kids like a good hand of spades, which means he has a lot of children. He further adds that he has six confirmed children and two potential ones. The song depicts the financial struggles that come with having several children, as one of the characters mentions that he goes to court for child support and has to pay for each of his children.


The theme of the song revolves around the struggle of navigating parenthood when there are different partners involved. The opposing perspectives of the characters in the song portray how differently each individual deals with their situation. Some choose to embrace the various children and do the best they can for them, whereas others may struggle with the responsibilities that come with it.


In conclusion, Murphy Lee's How Many Kids You Got is a song that highlights the complexities of having multiple children with different partners. The lyrics are a reflection of the hardships that come with such a situation, including financial, emotional and physical struggles.


Line by Line Meaning

Awww man, speakin of baby mommas, how many, how many kids you got dawg, man, shit, nephew I got fo'.
The singer is asking his acquaintance how many kids he has with several women, since they were previously talking about their baby mamas. The singer then reveals that he has four kids himself.


four? fo' kids 5 baby mommas man. I'm trippin.
The singer confirms that he has four kids by five different women, which he thinks is overwhelming.


naw man, you lucky. aww shit, lucky man, how may kids you got?
The other person is surprised that the singer considers himself unlucky for having four kids with five different women. He then asks how many kids the singer actually has.


man, I got kids like a good hand of spades. a good hand of spades? yea. 6 and 2 possibles.
The artist reveals that he has six confirmed children, with two more possible children whose paternity is yet to be determined. He compares his situation to having a good hand in the card game of Spades, where having a lot of cards of the same suit is desirable.


man, I go to court for child support and he aks me do I wanna go bored? I say yea. he talkin about you can't make one mo'? I say I donno, you prolly end up settin me.
The artist recounts a conversation he had with a judge about child support payments. The judge asked him if he wanted to go to jail for not making payments, to which the artist agrees. The judge then asks if the artist can't pay more, and the artist replies that he doesn't know, but the judge might end up putting him in jail anyway.




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