Mi love my youth dem Mi patton mi daddy style Long as I can remember from mi a likkle child When mi seh mummy weh mi daddy gone Shi seh a work unuh daddy gone Him left out from in a the morning And him nah come back till unuh a yarn When mi seh mummy weh wi daddy gone Shi seh a work unuh daddy gone Him left out from in a the morning And him nah come back till unuh a yarn This a fi the good father, good father This a fi the good father, good father Real man nah run left him pickney dem And left the burden pon the mother This a fi the good father, good father This a fi the good father, good father Real man nah run left him pickney dem And left the burden pon the mother Big up the man dem weh mind dem youth Yo no haffi spend a million a buy dem suit But no matter how the money small hi no star Likkle supn, supn, haffi find dem youth As a father yuh fi spend time wid son Demw I tek up the crime then shoot No careless daddy cyaa get mi salute Mi love mi father that a the truth A no every, everybody have money like dirt Fi provide yo youth wid the luxury a earth Money a no all, money a no all Mi a talk from mi heart seh a family first Mi love my daddy from mi was a likkle bwoy Cause that man teach mi the value of work Nuff time him come home sweat a run out a shirt Him meck mi become the man that I am today