It takes a whole nation to help me raise this generation When you look out of the window, tell me what do you see? If it's a world without a father then you're looking at me It takes a whole nation to help me raise this generation My respect to the mothers that be holding it down But it sho' would be nice to have my daddy around All I need is one mike, I know you can see I'm not a rapper but there are some dudes that are just like me Every time you took a picture with you and your family It was only two people when it's supposed to be three It was supposed to be me asking why is the sky blue? When I grow up I wanna be like you Yo daddy, can you teach me how to tie my shoes Can I go with you to work so I can see what you do? Let me see what you do, so I can love my kid too But you didn't stick around, was that too much to ask of you? Too much to get a blueprint, no, too much to show the way, no That's the reason why this building is not finished today We're lost boys, still we wanna believe that My daddy's coming back, he didn't forget about me Like a child after school we sit and we wait I know that you gon' come, but that was '78 It takes a whole nation to help me raise this generation When you look out of the window, tell me what do you see? If it's a world without a father then you're looking at me It takes a whole nation to help me raise this generation My respect to the mothers that be holding it down But it sho' would be nice to have my daddy around They say raising kids, it's the parent's responsibility But it's a million of y'all and only one of me What happened to the village? As far as I can see It's been burned down by this modern day slavery For eleven years I've been living here I've seen momma cry more than eleven tears Watching momma be daddy while he slips away Does Jesus really hear kids when they pray? Momma working two jobs, she can't do it alone She shouldn't have to, she didn't get knocked up on her own And I know that, baby, momma's drama brothers is real But before you close the door don't forget how it feels, remember And daddy missed my game, and I made a touchdown I won the talent show, but you weren't around If a girl breaks my heart, what I do with the pain? And one more thing, daddy, can you tell me my name? It takes a whole nation to help me raise this generation When you look out of the window, tell me what do you see? If it's a world without a father then you're looking at me It takes a whole nation to help me raise this generation My respect to the mothers that be holding it down But it sho' would be nice to have my daddy around Ain't nothing gonna break me down Can there nobody take me down Can there nobody break me down, me down Ain't nothing gonna break me down Can there nobody take me down Ain't nothing gonna break me down, me down Ain't nothing gonna break me down Can there nobody take me down Can there nobody break me down, me down Ain't nothing gonna break me down Can there nobody take me down Ain't nothing gonna break me down, me down It takes a whole nation to help me raise this generation When you look out of the window, tell me what do you see? If it's a world without a father then you're looking at me It takes a whole nation to help me raise this generation My respect to the mothers that be holding it down But it sho' would be nice to have my daddy around © N/A Bu döküman AkorMerkezi.com'da yayınlanmıştır. http://www.akormerkezi.com