Father's Day

[Fat Tony] Let me tell you bout my daddy This nigga African and get mad at Every single thang I do He only cares about money and school In the kitchen, whippin up fufu Last night he made my whole fam eat stew I don't really know what he want me to do Always thinks I'm on drugs too Lookin at me like I'm crazy I'm just a product of the 80's And he cannot understand my music or my young lady He only understands diplomas and having babies Won't drink Corona, but known to drink Guinness maybe He think I'm kinda lazy He kinda sorta hate me But he gotta love me cause I am his first born baby Came to the states at age 19 with nothing but a dream Just looking for a green card, had to work hard after the Biafran war He swore he would explore all that he never saw before On these shores with no horse or no Porsche Even on all fours, still he went forth and conquered That's when he met my mama Yes, they bonded, met up at the German department And got themselves in a situation they was certainly fond of Worked it out like Fonda, rode it out like Honda Went without the condom, now I'm here in their honor For some of y'all he wasn't there to see you grow tall Or to take you to the mall on Christmas to ball But everybody got a daddy Everybody got a daddy, if he make you mad or happy Might not respect what you do or approve of your crew Or approve of your boo but you know that it's true But everybody got a daddy Everybody got a daddy, if he make you mad or happy Growing up my daddy didn't give a fuck Bout me rappin or actin he just acted like I was nuts "This shit ain't even music, why in the hell is you doing it?" When he told me how I'd ruin it, I'd sit in my room and get (*inhales smoke*) High for really, I'd fly, it's silly Sometimes there'd be 4 or 5 other guys there with me We would record til we bored, call some girls up I'd come home late and hear some more stuff Like, "damn dad, what do you want from me?" "Damn, son, what the fuck you think?" "Don't drink, and don't rap, and don't think, and don't act" I don't think I'll do that I don't think that even is me, in fact I don't think you understand where I'm at And like that a fight happened every night Bout what's happening in my life and if I'm doing what's right In his eyes I wouldn't realize what I could be In my eyes I was just fine being me At this time we gotta agree to disagree I just wanna make him proud by being who I wanna be For some of y'all he wasn't there to see you grow tall Or to take you to the mall on Christmas to ball But everybody got a daddy Everybody got a daddy, if he make you mad or happy Might not respect what you do or approve of your crew Or approve of your boo but you know that it's true But everybody got a daddy Everybody got a daddy, if he make you mad or happy [Tom Cruz] It's like… for some of us… He never showed up or owned up But you did grow up Sho nuff, it's Tom Cruz, nah mean? [Fat Tony] And it feels so incredible to admit From my skin tone to my 10 toes, I am him From my earlobes to my elbows to my genome I can't deny it, not even if I try it