I just thought it was appropriate to, uh

Just to give a shout out

or show my appreciation to all the fathers

Cause I hear a lot of rappers say

or brag about not having kids but

Guess what? I do

So I'd like to send this record out to all the daddies

You know the real daddies, taking care of shit

This one’s for the skateboarders, emcees, b-boys like me

Street artists in magazines, DJs with babies

Working hard, you never sleep

never get to spend they time at home

Send that money but you never see him

Always working, daddy’s gone

To the brick laying, dirt digging

Burger flipping in the fucking kitchen

Just to get that check on Friday

So you could bring back home what was missing

Everyday is feed my kids day

End of the month is rent day

And if you don’t get back to work on time

They tax you for that month’s break

For the d-boys holding weight

And for the daddies who are locked away

Doing time cause you was doing crime

But you was only trying to put down a plate

Maybe to get some baby J's

In the 80s, hey, that’s how we raised

And to the men feeding a friend's child

When that friend has passed away

I've got to say

Yeah, to all my closest friends

And all the father figures in my life

You know I really, I just wanna say thank you

Yo, for real

Happy father’s day

No matter how you getting paid

You hustle hard, you show the way

Happy father’s day

Tell my mama not to worry about me

Cause I ain’t never had a second to forgive my dad

I can’t help but to believe in myself

It's not really a choice but a matter of being a real dad

When I came to the world I knew I had a talent

But I never would imagine I would be a young dad

And I grew up like a weed overnight

through the crack in the concrete

Look at me, young daddy

Tell me how to walk away from a child

And I’ll tell you how to walk away from a million dumb daddy

If you can walk away from a million

bucks then you never gave a fuck

You a dumb luck, dad

To look up and see a man above you

To tell you that you ain’t invisible

that’s a motherfuckin' daddy

Somebody to push you, and teach you how to fight

If you didn’t fight, fuckin right, that's a good dad

Gotta take a second now show love to

the trailer park apartment hood dads

A man who ain’t got a lot

but in a minute he would drop it all

Do anything he could do daddy

Jesus, when I go to see every baby

mama who never had a real dad

Don’t take it out in the baby or maybe even

the man when he’s only trying to become

A real daddy

…cause it ain’t easy

But it’s a blessing man

Makes you work hard

To all the hard workers out there

I just wanna say

Happy father’s day

No matter how you getting paid

You hustle hard, you show the way

Happy father’s day

And that’s from the Heart…

The Heart Of Dixie… The Heart Of Dixie