[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.