FROM THE FIRST TIME
THE DOCTOR
PLACED YOU IN MY ARMS
I KNEW I'D MEET DEATH
'FORE I LET YOU
MEET HARM
ALTHOUGH
QUESTIONS AROSE
IN MY MIND
WOULD I BE
MAN ENOUGH
AGAINST WRONG
CHOOSE RIGHT
AND BE STANDIN' UP
FROM THE HOSPITAL
THAT FIRST NIGHT
TOOK A HOUR
JUST TO GET
THE CAR SEAT IN RIGHT
PEOPLE
DRIVIN' ALL FAST
GOT ME KINDA UPSET
GOT YOU HOME SAFE
PLACED YOU
IN YOUR BASSINET
THAT NIGHT I DON'T THINK
ONE WINK I SLEPT
AS I SLIPPED
OUT MY BED
TO YOUR CRIB I CREPT
TOUCH YOUR
HEAD GENTLY
FELT MY HEART MELT
'CAUSE I KNEW
I LOVED YOU
MORE THAN LIFE ITSELF
AND TO MY KNEES
AND I BEGGED THE LORD
PLEASE LET ME BE
A GOOD DADDY
ALL HE NEEDS
LOVE
KNOWLEDGE
DISCIPLINE TOO
I PLEDGE MY LIFE
TO YOU
AH JUST ME AND YOU
JUST ME AND YOU
HA HA
OOH
HUH HUH
FIVE YEARS OLD
BRINGING COMEDY
EVERY TIME
I LOOK AT YOU
I THINK MAN A LITTLE ME
JUST LIKE ME
WAIT AND SEE
GOIN' TO BE TALL
MAKES ME LAUGH
'CAUSE YOU
GOT YOUR DAD'S EARS
AND ALL
SOMETIMES I WONDER
WHAT YOU GONNA BE
A GENERAL A DOCTOR
MAYBE A EMCEE
I WANT TO KISS YOU
ALL THE TIME
BUT I WILL
TEST THAT BUTT
WHEN YOU
CUT OUT OF LINE
TRUE THAT UH UH UH
WHY YOU DO THAT
I TRY TO BE A TOUGH DAD
BUT YOU BE
MAKIN' ME LAUGH
CRAZY JOY WHEN I SEE
THE EYES
OF MY BABY BOY
I PLEDGE TO YOU
I WILL ALWAYS DO
EVERYTHING I CAN
SHOW YOU
HOW TO BE A MAN
DIGNITY INTEGRITY
HONOR AND
I DON'T MIND
IF YOU LOSE
LONG AS
YOU CAME WITH IT
AND YOU CAN CRY
AIN'T NO SHAME IN IT
IT DIDN'T WORK OUT
WITH ME AND YOUR MOM
BUT YO
PUSH COME TO SHOVE
YOU WAS
CONCEIVED IN LOVE
SO IF
THE WORLD ATTACKS
AND YOU
SLIDE OFF TRACK
REMEMBER ONE FACT
I GOT YOUR BACK HUH
HA HA
AH JUST ME AND YOU
JUST ME AND YOU
'GAINST THE WORLD
UH
HA HA WOO
IT'S A FULL-TIME JOB
TO BE A GOOD DAD
YOU GOT
SO MUCH MORE
STUFF THAN I HAD
I GOTTA STUDY
JUST TO KEEP
WITH THE
CHANGIN' TIMES
A HUNDRED ONE
DALMATIONS
ON YOUR CD-ROM
SEE ME I'M
TRYIN' TO PRETEND
I KNOW
ON MY PC
WHERE THAT CD GO
BUT YO
AIN'T NOTHIN' PROMISE
ONE DAY I'LL BE GONE
FEEL THE STRIFE
BUT TRUST
LIFE DOES GO ON
BUT JUST IN CASE
IT'S MY PLACE TO IMPART
ONE DAY SOME GIRL'S
GONNA BREAK
YOUR HEART
AND OOH AIN'T NO PAIN
LIKE FROM
THE OPPOSITE SEX
GONNA HURT BAD
BUT DON'T TAKE IT OUT
ON THE NEXT SON
THROUGHOUT
LIFE PEOPLE
WILL MAKE YOU MAD
DISRESPECT YOU
AND TREAT YOU BAD
LET GOD DEAL WITH THE
THINGS THEY DO
'CAUSE HATE
IN YOUR HEART
WILL CONSUME
YOU TOO
ALWAYS TELL THE TRUTH
SAY YOUR PRAYERS
HOLD DOORS
PULL OUT CHAIRS
EASY ON THE SWEARS
YOU'RE LIVIN' PROOF
THAT DREAMS
COME TRUE
I LOVE YOU AND I'M
HERE FOR YOU UH
HA HA HA
JUST ME AND YOU
JUST ME AND YOU
TAKIN' THE WORLD
HA HA HA HA
UH UH
TRUE THAT TRUE THAT
WOO UH
HA HA HA HA
DADDY LOVES YOU
DADDY LOVES YOU
WOO UH HA HA
FOR THE REST
OF YOUR LIFE