[Intro] Yeah I just thought it was appropriate to uhm Just to give a shoutout Or show my appreciation to the fathers You know I hear a lot of rappers say Or, brag about not having kids Well guess what? I do So I'd like to send this record out To all the daddys You know, the real daddys Taking care of shit
[Verse 1] This one's for the skateboarders, emcees B-boys like me Street artists in magazines, DJ's with babies Working hard, you never sleep Never get to spend that time at home Send that money, but you never see em Always workin, daddy's gone To the brick laying, dirt digging Burger flippin in the fucking kitchen Just to get that cheque on Friday So you could bring back home what was missing Everyday is feed my kids day End of the month is rent day And if you don't get back to work on time They tax you for that lunch break For the D-boys holding weight And for the daddys who are locked away Doing time cause you was doing grind But you was only trying to put down a plate Maybe to get some baby J's In the 80s, hey, that's how we raised And then we'd feed our friend's child When that friend has passed away
[Bridge] Yeah, I gotta say Yeah, to all my closest friends You know, all the father figures in my life You know, I really, I just wanna say thank you, you know? For real
[Hook] Happy Father's Day No matter how you're getting paid We hustle hard We show the way Happy Father's Day
[Verse 2] Tell my mama not to worry about me Cause I ain't ever had a second to forget my daddy I can't help but to believe in myself It's not really a choice but a matter of being a real daddy When I came to the world, I knew I had a talent But I never did imagine I would be a young daddy And I grew up like a wheel in a night night Through a crack in the concrete, look at me - young daddy Tell me how to walk away from a child And I'll tell you how to walk away from a million - dumb daddy If you can walk away from a million bucks Then you never gave a fuck, you a dumb-luck daddy To wake up and see a man above you To tell you that you ain't invisible, that's a motherfucking daddy So I need to push you and teach you how to fight If you need to fight, fuck a right, that's a good daddy Gotta take a second now, show love To the trailer park, apartment, hood daddies A man who ain't got a lot But in a minute he would drop it all, do anything he could daddy Jesus, when I go to sleep I feel every baby mama who never had a real daddy Go take it out on the baby, or maybe even the man when he's only trying to become a real daddy
[Bridge] Yeah, cause it ain't easy man But it's a blessing man It makes you work hard For all the hard workers out there I just wanna say
[Hook] Happy Father's Day No matter how you're getting paid We hustle hard We show the way Happy Father's Day
[Outro] Yeah, that's from the heart The heart of dixie The heart of dixie