yo yo
i want to dedicate this song to philip arthur harrison
word up
cause he was the one who took me from a boy to a man
so as far as i’m concerned he is my father cause my biological didn’t bother
biological father left me in the cold when a few months old
aa father’s child was greater than gold but i guess not
you brought me into the world but you’re not my dad
mess around with those drugs makes my moms mad
so we left you with no remorsal pity
took the first bus from newark to jersey city
woman and child alone now that’s pressure
moms got to go to work drop me off by obesa
momma aunt dede whoever
aunt falma uncle roy we stuck together
a year went by and i could walk y’all
moms got that good ol job at city hall
she probably didn’t trust men anymore
until philip harrison walk though the door
went out a few times but what about shaquille
moms offered him a million dollar package deal
she said you want me you gotta take my son
or else its like a hot dog but without the bun
guess what he accepted responsibility he never left it
he kept it he kept it
he took me from a boy to a man so phil is my father
cause my biological didn’t bother
hook
took me from a boy to a man
so i always had a father
when my biological didn’t bother 4x
january 5th phil made a promise what’s that
he joined the army we moved to fort monmouth
he disciplined me right from the get go
age bottle and my mom shaquille let go
actin spoiled rotten trippin
got a butt whippin because i didn’t listen
back then you see privates made no bucks
had to get another job driven trucks
workin hard as hell didn’t satisfy him
had to another job working at the gym
he wasn’t gone with the wind like clark gable
work all them jobs to put food on the table
phil’s my father daddy and thats the scoop
can i go to the gym with you and shoot some hoops
come on he put me under his wing
was the ball boy for his little arthur team
sometimes he even made me mad
but it didn’t matter cause i still wanted to be like dad
but a little bit better
encouraged me to stay in school and to get then good letters
i wasn’t a brainiac but i tried hard
got to watch the knicks play if i had a good report card
all types all sorts
disobeyed my dad and i couldn’t play sports
i learned to dribble from right to left
i couldn’t do a damn thang with all them f’s
age 5 father and son confrontation that’s nothin
but father and son trials and tribulation
back then i could under stand but i’m glad you did it
cause now i’m a man
he took me from a boy to a man so phil is my father
cause my biological didn’t bother
look at me now successful for sure
phil raised me well to be an entrepreneur
and if you’re making big dope be materialistic
cause you’ll end up another statistic
everything’s going well following my dreams
i dunked on patrick ewing
i want the ring like hakeem
uh oh what do you know
biological ones on the ricky lake show
what does he want does he want money
what people do for money
it’s kinda funny to me
he ain’t gettin no check from me check it
he can go on all the talk shows he want
phil is my dad so don’t even front
he took me from a boy to a man so phil is my father
cause my biological didn’t bother
Artist: Shaquille O Neal
Year: 1995
Decade: 90s
Language: en
Word Count: 342