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Yo, yo, I want to dedicated this song to Philip Arthur Harrison |
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Word up, 'cause he was the one who took me from a boy to a man |
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So as far as I'm concerned, he's my father |
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'Cause my biological didn't bother |
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Biological father, left me in the cold, when a few months old |
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Aa father's child was greater than gold but I guess not |
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You brought me into the world but you're not my dad |
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Mess around with those drugs makes my moms mad |
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So we left you with no remorsal pity, took the first bus |
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From York to Jersey City, women and child alone |
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Noww that's pressure, mom's got to go to work, drop me off |
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By Obesa momma, aunt Dede, whoever aunt Falma, uncle Roy |
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We stuck together, a year went by and I could walk y'all |
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Moms got that good ol' job at city hall |
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She probably didn't trust men anymore |
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Until Philip Harrison walk though the door |
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Went out a few times but what about Shaquille |
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Mom's offered him a million dollar package deal |
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She said, "You want me, you gotta take my son" |
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Or else it's like a hot dog but without the bun |
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Guess what he accepted, responsibility he never left it |
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He kept it, he kept it he took me from a boy to a man |
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So Phil is my father, 'cause my biological didn't bother |
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He took me from a boy to a man |
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So Phil is my father 'cause my biological didn't bother |
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He took me from a boy to a man |
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So Phil is my father 'cause my biological didn't bother |
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He took me from a boy to a man |
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So Phil is my father 'cause my biological didn't bother |
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He took me from a boy to a man |
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So Phil is my father 'cause my biological didn't bother |
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January fifth, Phil made a promise, what's that? |
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He joined the army, we moved to Fort Mamth |
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He disciplined me right from the get go |
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Age two bottle and my mom shaquille let go |
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Actin' spoiled, rotten, trippin' |
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Got a butt whippin' because I didn't listen |
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Back then you see privates made no bucks |
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Had to get another job driven trucks |
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Workin' hard as hell didn't satisfy him |
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Had to another job working at the gym |
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He wasn't gone with the wind like Clark Gable |
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Work all them jobs to put food on the table |
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Phil's my father, daddy and that's the scoop |
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Can I go to the gym with you and shoot some hoops |
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Come on he, put me under his wing |
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Was the ball boy for his little Arthur team |
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Sometimes he even made me mad but it didn't matter |
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'Cause I still wanted to be like dad but a little bit better |
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Encouraged me to stay in school and to get then good letters |
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I wasn't a brainiac but I tried hard |
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Got to watch the knicks, play if I had a good report card |
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All types, all sorts, disobeyed my dad and I couldn't play sports |
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I learned to dribble from right to left, I couldn't do a damn thang |
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With all them F's, age fifteen father and son confrontation |
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That's nothin' but father and son trials and tribulation |
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Back then I could understand but I'm glad you did it |
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'Cause now I'm a man, he took me from a boy to a man |
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So Phil is my father 'cause my biological didn't bother |
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He took me from a boy to a man |
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So Phil is my father 'cause my biological didn't bother(4x) |
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Look at me now successful for sure |
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Phil raised me well to be an entrepeneur |
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And if your making big dope be materialistic |
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'Cause you'll end up another statistic |
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Everything's going well following my dreams |
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I dunked on Patrick Ewing, I won the ring like Hakeem |
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Oh, what do you know? Biological one's on the Ricky Lake show |
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What does he want, does he want money? What people do for money |
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It's kinda funny to me, he ain't gettin' no check from me, check it |
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He can go on all the talk shows he want phil is my dad |
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So don't even front, he took me from a boy to a man |
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So Phil is my father 'cause my biological didn't bother |
