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fatherFather I swear to tell the truth and nothin but the truth... so help me GOD I just felt like tellin the story of my life Felt like, maybe somebody could be inspired, you know? We all feel pain, we all go through things But it´s time to overcome all that [Verse One: LL Cool J] If your plane crashed in the water and everybody died would you drown on purpose or try to survive? I was born handicapped my arm wouldn´t move They called me a cripple pops caught an attitude Beat my moms smoked lye drove trucks My moms had a miscarriage, he didn´t give a fuck He sniffed some coke, come home Beat up on my moms cause she´s talkin on the phone Come on [Chorus: LL Cool J and singers] (all I ever wanted) All I ever wanted (all I ever needed) All I ever needed (was a father) was a father (that´s all) That´s all! (all I ever wanted) All I ever wanted (all I ever needed) All I ever needed... was a father (was a father) [Verse Two: LL Cool J] Moms got tired of the beatings said, ´Yo, we got to go´ Packed up her bags we bounced out the do´ She said, ´I ain´t takin these whippin´s no mo´ I wanna live to see my little Todd grow´ I remember tear drops on my pops face Lookin down at me standin on the staircase Handsome brother with a smooth goatee Makes me wonder why he act so ugly, you feelin me? (I´m feelin you) [Chorus] [Verse Three: LL Cool J] My pops got drunk when me and my moms bounced Swigged some Jack Dan´, sniffed up a ounce Grabbed the shotty left Long Isle for Queens Possesed by a demon... a devil it seemed I was too young to understand the risk when your moms come home off the midnight shift She turned around heard the shotgun click My pops said, ´You think that you could leave me?´ He blasted my moms in the back She fell down screamin I can´t forget that My grandfather tried to close the do´ He got shot ten times in the stomach yo, for real [Chorus] [Verse Four: LL Cool J] My head was spinnin, I had never seen blood Four years old, this don´t feel like love Anyway, pops dissapeared Grandpops and moms healed up over the years This therapist got up in her head Led her to believe without him she´d be dead You know, they fell in love with one another Everything seemed right that´s word to mother until I started gettin beatings everday Sometimes for going outside to play Late at night on my knees I´d pray a young child, wishin the pain would go away Dad where was you when he made me strip Beat with belts like a slave with a whip Kicked me down steps outside in the snow Punched me in the chest stomped me out on the flo´ That´s just the tip of the iceberg look It´s too long for a song but perfect for a book Word is bond, that´s real baby [nakarat] father aciklamasi father indir father izle father resmi |