Fathers Wanted

I got burdens and pains that I've been carryin' fo'
Way too long, and I just need some clarity, bro'
And I ain't tryin' to dog you because it's scary we know
To raise kids in this world, understandably so
And I know, if you ain't ever been a parent befo'
It's easy to judge, and say, "How could a parent be so
Cruel and leave his kids, like he couldn't bear anymo'?...
Naw, it couldn't be THAT hard!" Well, apparently so
'Cause all I know is I looked up and you weren't there anymo'
And I was missin' you, askin' my mother, "Where did he go?"
It's like the last time I saw you, you were wearin' the 'fro
Little did I know, that next time, your hair would be gone
There were days I would stare at the do'
Hopin' you would return, when you didn't,
I'd be sad and glare at the flo'
What did I do that provoked you not to care anymo'?
Feel like you killed me,
You might as well have buried me bro'...

Fathers wanted
So come on back, where you at? It's sad
When you're absent, the world'll go bad...
Come on Dad! (Fathers needed)
Yo, don't stop, 'cause if you're not gone cooperate
We're gonna drop and flop...
So come on Pop!...(Fathers wanted)
Come on back, where you at? It's sad
When you're absent, the world'll go bad...
Come on Dad! (Fathers needed)
Yo, don't stop, 'cause if you're not gone cooperate
We're gonna drop and flop... so come on Pop!...

Yo, it ain't that I'm mad, I forgave you, and I won't be immature
Though I'm a writer, don't mistake this for a grievance report
It's just the root of my problems, it's like I'm seein' it for
The first time, never have I did so much weepin' before
It's cathartic, now I'm takin' all you demons to war
Confrontin' what has primarily gotten me insecure
Havin' daddy, I think would have stopped me from bein' a whore
I believe he's all the daddy I needed and more
The biggest problem for me was us bein' apart
It turned sour, but I thought that it was sweet in the start
I remember him runnin' and playin' with me in the park
He was skillful at fightin', and he would teach us the art
He's musical, I see him when I see a guitar
He know me without knowin' me, like he see in the dark
It trips me out that every time he speaks it would spark
Something on my inside, like he can see in my heart...

Fathers wanted
So come on back, where you at? It's sad
When you're absent, the world'll go bad...
Come on Dad! (Fathers needed)
Yo, don't stop, 'cause if you're not gone cooperate
We're gonna drop and flop...
So come on Pop!...(Fathers wanted)
Come on back, where you at? It's sad
When you're absent, the world'll go bad...
Come on Dad! (Fathers needed)
Yo, don't stop, 'cause if you're not gone cooperate
We're gonna drop and flop... so come on Pop!...

So now I'm a daddy, I got some kids, and it's cool
I'm determined not to do what daddy did in his youth
'Cause it's time out with the old, and now it's in with the new
And I'm callin' out the fellas, yo' attention to dudes
This world is crazy, like a bunch of chimps in a zoo
Constantly, it's gettin' worse, and it's ridiculous too
The answer is in our hands, like the Michigan view
Because mainly, daddy, what I think is missin' is you
Because of fear, jail, drugs, just to mention a few
But I am just crazy enough to think that men can improve
So now let's get this sputterin' engine in tune
So we can fix what the children should get their discipline through
'Cause women struggle with 'em, but they listen to you
And usually, what you tell 'em, the children'll do
So it really doesn't matter what the women'll do
When the fathers take the lead, only then we can move...

Fathers wanted
So come on back, where you at? It's sad
When you're absent, the world'll go bad...
Come on Dad! (Fathers needed)
Yo, don't stop, 'cause if you're not gone cooperate
We're gonna drop and flop...
So come on Pop!...(Fathers wanted)
Come on back, where you at? It's sad
When you're absent, the world'll go bad...
Come on Dad! (Fathers needed)
Yo, don't stop, 'cause if you're not gone cooperate
We're gonna drop and flop... so come on Pop!...

Fathers needed
Fathers wanted
Fathers needed
Fathers wanted