[00:03.12]I swear to tell the truth and nothin but the truth...
[00:07.74]so help me GOD
[00:08.85]
[00:12.23]I just felt like tellin the story of my life
[00:14.53]
[00:15.98]Felt like, maybe somebody could be inspired, you know?
[00:19.59]
[00:23.46]We all feel pain, we all go through things
[00:26.70]But it's time to overcome all that
[00:28.27]
[00:29.02]If your plane crashed in the water and everybody died
[00:31.64]would you drown on purpose or try to survive?
[00:33.95]I was born handicapped my arm wouldn't move
[00:36.51]They called me a cripple pops caught an attitude
[00:39.07]Beat my moms smoked lye drove trucks
[00:41.43]My moms had a miscarriage, he didn't give a ****
[00:44.50]He sniffed some coke, come home
[00:46.37]Beat up on my moms cause she's talkin on the phone
[00:48.62]Come on
[00:49.49]all I ever wanted
[00:50.70]All I ever wanted
[00:51.76]all I ever needed
[00:53.13]All I ever needed
[00:54.44]was a father
[00:55.32]was a father
[00:56.50]that's all
[00:57.31]
[00:58.22]That's all!
[00:59.16]all I ever wanted
[01:00.58]All I ever wanted
[01:01.89]all I ever needed
[01:03.34]All I ever needed... was a father
[01:05.83]was a father
[01:06.77]
[01:07.89]Moms got tired of the beatings said, "Yo, we got to go"
[01:10.51]Packed up her bags we bounced out the do'
[01:12.95]She said, "I ain't takin these whippin's no mo'
[01:15.19]I wanna live to see my little Todd grow"
[01:17.93]I remember tear drops on my pops face
[01:20.69]Lookin down at me standin on the staircase
[01:22.98]Handsome brother with a smooth goatee
[01:24.99]Makes me wonder why he act so ugly, you feelin me?
[01:27.67]I'm feelin you
[01:28.72]all I ever wanted
[01:29.67]All I ever wanted
[01:30.72]all I ever needed
[01:32.10]All I ever needed
[01:33.22]was a father
[01:34.16]was a father
[01:35.10]that's all
[01:36.10]
[01:37.04]That's all!
[01:37.92]all I ever wanted
[01:39.42]All I ever wanted
[01:40.73]all I ever needed
[01:42.04]All I ever needed... was a father
[01:44.72]was a fathe
[01:46.65]My pops got drunk when me and my moms bounced
[01:49.40]Swigged some Jack Dan', sniffed up a ounce
[01:51.77]Grabbed the shotty left Long Isle for Queens
[01:54.33]Possesed by a demon... a devil it seemed
[01:57.14]I was too young to understand the risk
[01:59.20]when your moms come home off the midnight shift
[02:01.44]She turned around heard the shotgun click
[02:03.81]My pops said, "You think that you could leave me?"
[02:05.66]
[02:07.11]He blasted my moms in the back
[02:08.85]She fell down screamin I can't forget that
[02:11.29]My grandfather tried to close the do'
[02:13.40]He got shot ten times in the stomach yo, for real
[02:16.97]all I ever wanted
[02:18.34]All I ever wanted
[02:19.53]all I ever needed
[02:20.78]All I ever needed
[02:21.84]was a father
[02:23.21]was a father
[02:24.46]that's all
[02:25.89]That's all!
[02:26.58]all I ever wanted
[02:27.95]All I ever wanted
[02:29.38]all I ever needed
[02:30.38]All I ever needed... was a father
[02:33.87]was a fathe
[02:35.69]My head was spinnin, I had never seen blood
[02:37.87]Four years old, this don't feel like love
[02:40.37]Anyway, pops dissapeared
[02:42.85]Grandpops and moms healed up over the years
[02:45.24]This therapist got up in her head
[02:47.73]Led her to believe without him she'd be dead
[02:50.17]You know, they fell in love with one another
[02:52.97]Everything seemed right that's word to mother
[02:55.34]until I started gettin beatings everday
[02:57.40]Sometimes for going outside to play
[02:59.90]Late at night on my knees I'd pray
[03:02.21]a young child, wishin the pain would go away
[03:04.83]Dad where was you when he made me strip
[03:07.13]Beat with belts like a slave with a whip
[03:09.57]Kicked me down steps outside in the snow
[03:11.94]Punched me in the chest stomped me out on the flo'
[03:14.80]That's just the tip of the iceberg look
[03:16.79]It's too long for a song but perfect for a book
[03:19.41]
[03:21.10]Word is bond, that's real baby
[03:23.56]
[03:24.87]all I ever wanted
[03:26.81]All I ever wanted
[03:27.81]all I ever needed
[03:28.74]All I ever needed
[03:30.12]was a father
[03:30.85]was a father
[03:32.05]
[03:32.55]that's all
[03:33.17]
[03:33.73]That's all!
[03:34.86]all I ever wanted
[03:36.23]All I ever wanted
[03:37.60]all I ever needed
[03:38.66]All I a ever fatherneeded... was
[03:39.45]was a fathe

I swear to tell the truth and nothin but the truth...
so help me GOD
I just felt like tellin the story of my life
Felt like, maybe somebody could be inspired, you know?
We all feel pain, we all go through things
But it's time to overcome all that
If your plane crashed in the water and everybody died
would you drown on purpose or try to survive?
I was born handicapped my arm wouldn't move
They called me a cripple pops caught an attitude
Beat my moms smoked lye drove trucks
My moms had a miscarriage, he didn't give a ****
He sniffed some coke, come home
Beat up on my moms cause she's talkin on the phone
Come on
all I ever wanted
All I ever wanted
all I ever needed
All I ever needed
was a father
was a father
that's all
That's all!
all I ever wanted
All I ever wanted
all I ever needed
All I ever needed... was a father
was a father
Moms got tired of the beatings said, "Yo, we got to go"
Packed up her bags we bounced out the do'
She said, "I ain't takin these whippin's no mo'
I wanna live to see my little Todd grow"
I remember tear drops on my pops face
Lookin down at me standin on the staircase
Handsome brother with a smooth goatee
Makes me wonder why he act so ugly, you feelin me?
I'm feelin you
all I ever wanted
All I ever wanted
all I ever needed
All I ever needed
was a father
was a father
that's all
That's all!
all I ever wanted
All I ever wanted
all I ever needed
All I ever needed... was a father
was a fathe
My pops got drunk when me and my moms bounced
Swigged some Jack Dan', sniffed up a ounce
Grabbed the shotty left Long Isle for Queens
Possesed by a demon... a devil it seemed
I was too young to understand the risk
when your moms come home off the midnight shift
She turned around heard the shotgun click
My pops said, "You think that you could leave me?"
He blasted my moms in the back
She fell down screamin I can't forget that
My grandfather tried to close the do'
He got shot ten times in the stomach yo, for real
all I ever wanted
All I ever wanted
all I ever needed
All I ever needed
was a father
was a father
that's all
That's all!
all I ever wanted
All I ever wanted
all I ever needed
All I ever needed... was a father
was a fathe
My head was spinnin, I had never seen blood
Four years old, this don't feel like love
Anyway, pops dissapeared
Grandpops and moms healed up over the years
This therapist got up in her head
Led her to believe without him she'd be dead
You know, they fell in love with one another
Everything seemed right that's word to mother
until I started gettin beatings everday
Sometimes for going outside to play
Late at night on my knees I'd pray
a young child, wishin the pain would go away
Dad where was you when he made me strip
Beat with belts like a slave with a whip
Kicked me down steps outside in the snow
Punched me in the chest stomped me out on the flo'
That's just the tip of the iceberg look
It's too long for a song but perfect for a book
Word is bond, that's real baby
all I ever wanted
All I ever wanted
all I ever needed
All I ever needed
was a father
was a father
that's all
That's all!
all I ever wanted
All I ever wanted
all I ever needed
All I a ever fatherneeded... was
was a fathe