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Part of the #IAmTheDad campaign this track celebrates Fathers who have taken responsibility for their children and provide for their future. www.IAmTheDad.com
lyrics
CHORUS: This is what we call Fathers Day/ I'm tryinna stay together/ do what I can for my kids what ever/ whether or not my daddy was there or not/Ima be yours forever. This is what we call Fathers Day/ I'm tryinna stay together/ do what I can for my kids what ever/ whether or not my daddy was there or not/Ima be yours forever.
BOLD: My own father abandoned me for most of my life/ now I draw inspiration from the father of all life/ and I'm a father who's born twice so I raise my kids with the passion of Christ to give them a passion for life and I pray/ Our father who art in heaven/ give us this day I'm set free/ and every day you've got to be a father to your child like SOE/ we need to be committed to the cause calling all fathers/should develop fathers and raise up fathers/ like our forefathers/ develop the heart of a father/ just be there for the father less/ young men arise/ look into your children's eye for inspiration to see/ the manifestation of a chosen generation before we face an eradication of the source/ the sustainer, the provider, the protector, ressurector and respect the real men of this world.
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WEI: What an emotional rollercoster ride you got me on/ you smile when your protected/ when your out just stroll along/ with the nature of your birth a new title that some say/ I received the card entitled happy fathers day/ I can't front Dante your smiles wipe my pain away/ and when you climb my back I raise one hand and bless Yahweh/ I pray for you morning night yo noon and day that you fulfil destiny and find time to play/ my son, my heir, my seed, my spawn/ Now I understand why God's love for man is son strong/ I would sacrifice my life so that yours would prolong/ to all get black men get the picture yo come on/ Come on yo black father role model its time/ don't just let this be a rhyme yo create a new design/ I speak into existence the strength of God's son/ yo be humble, yo be a leader, love everyone/ I love you son
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WIZDOM: I realise now what the world needs is fathers/ not sperm donors what it needs is fathers/No offence but mothers can't be no fathers/ you have to input if you gone be a father/ realise that how you behave as a father is how your children will perceive a father/and if you have a girl and you're out in the world/ your daughters gonna attract men like her father/ Boys become men how they've seen their fathers/and if your no good there'll be no good fathers/ you have to realise that this thing goes farther when you look back in your family and see no fathers/ if you have no idea of how to be a father then look to the example of the almighty father/ who gave a his children and inheritance/ so they could be all that they could be coz real fathering is harder!
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WIZDOM: This song is dedicated to all my pops, poppy's, poppa's, daddy's, dads, abba fathers handling their business. Being positive goal models to their sons and the symbol of a loving male to their daughters. To those not living up to their responsibilities wake up, take up your position and make up for lost time. And to the ladies give us fathers the opportunity to settle into our role and shine but be careful with whom your body intertwines with because remember if you have ever said "you're just like your daddy" once, remember you must have loved their daddy at least once! Peace, IAmTheDad.com
credits
released June 14, 2015
Bold, Wei, Wizdom & Kelli-Leigh produced by Reflex