Sleep

Now my step-dad was a kind of man
Who liked his women... submissive
A pop or slap or a broken bone
Wasn't too far from his thinking
Now my mom was a take-no-bullshit tomboy
She didn't mess around
She said we're doing this fifty-fifty
And she wasn't backing down

He shouted, "Woman, I know what you need"
"Because you have lost your head"
Now she knew what was going down
And her reply was this:
Do you plan on sleeping tonight?
Do you plan on sleeping tonight?

Now my mom's best friend was a beautiful girl
When she married my daddy's brother
She was so fine, he was jealous all the time
He was always being on her
Once it got so bad he beat her in the face
Broke her bones - could have been murder
He got away with it cause she put up with his shit
Not like my mother

She said, "Boy if you hit me"
"You will never tell"
"And your mama won't even know you"
"When she's at your funeral"
Do you plan on sleeping tonight?
Do you plan on sleeping?
Do you plan on sleeping tonight?
Oh, I have got one question, but do as you like
Do you plan on sleeping tonight?

So my step-dad didn't call her bluff
He knew what he was gonna do
No drama, it was plan and simple
Conversation moot
He packed up and left town
And found himself another wife
Wherever he's at, it's a matter of fact
I bet he's glad he's got his life

Now mama didn't take no crap
She always did what she said
She has a button you don't want to push
Cause you never know what you'll get
Do you plan on sleeping tonight?
Do you plan on sleeping tonight?
Just one question: Do what you like
Do you plan on sleeping tonight?