(Chorus:)
It takes a whole nation
To help me raise this generation
When you look out at the window , tell me what do you see?
If it's a world without a father then you're looking at me

It takes a whole nation
To help me raise this generatoin
My respect to the mothers that be holding it down ,
But it sho' would be nice to have my daddy around

(Verse 1:)
All I need is one mike, I know you can see .
I'm not a rapper ,but theres some dudes just like me.
Every time you took a picture of you and your family
It was only two people when it's supposed to be three.

It was suppose to be me asking [why is the sky blue? and when I grow up I wanna be like you].
Yo daddy, can you teach me how to [tie my shoes,
Can I go with you to work so I can see what you do?]
Let me see what you do
So I can love my kid too.
But you didn't stick around ,
Was that too much to ask of you?

Too much to get a blueprint [no] ,
Too much to show the way [no],
That's the reason why this building is not finished still today.
[We were lost boys], still we wanna believe
That [my daddy's coming back, he didn't forget about me ]
Like a child after school , we sit and we wait ,
[I know that you gone come] but that was '78.

(chorus)

(Verse 2:)
They say raising kids is the parents responsibility ,
But it's a million of y'a ll and only one of me .
What happen to the village? As far as I can see,
It's been burned down by this modern day slavery.

[For eleven years I been living here;
I've seen momma cry more than eleven tears.
Watching moma be daddy while he slips away
Does Jesus really hear kids when they pray?]

Momma working two jobes,
She can't do it alone,
She shouldn't have to ,
She didn't get knocked up on her own.

And I know that baby mommas drama brother is real,
But before yhou chose the door don't forget how it feels
- remember [daddy missed my game and I made a touchdown,
I won the talent show, but you weren't around.

If a girl brakes my heart,
What I do with da pain?]
And one more thing daddy
[can you tell me my name?]

(Vamp:)
Ain't nothing gonna break me down...
Cant let nobody take me down
Cant let nobody break me
Me downnnn