[Intro]:
Hakim! Hakim!
Hey hey hey, what's up?
Could you sing us a song?
A song?
Yeah, a song! Just one song!
I don't know it's kinda late, y'all should probably go to sleep...
Aww, it's not too late. Please? Please one song?
What kind of song?
Any song! Yeah, any song!
Okay... I don't know, uhh...
Any song! Any song! Just make it up! Sing some Michael Jackson!
Okay, uhh, alright. I won't sing Michael Jackson but uhh, I'll make something up
[Verse 1]:
Hurts to see that you growin' up with no father
It's crazy, neither did I
When you realize it'll haunt ya
But deep inside you need that security in your life
And when it's missin' you gon' find your maturity overnight
When you miss him try to remember the victim and not the crime
In a system that took his mind he was institutionalized
Honestly I don't blame him for leaving us all behind
I mean, he never had his pops, same position as you and I
Mix it in with the ego of a young nino pushing kilos
Selling that work just like a Home Depot
But only we know the truth and exactly just who he was
He had a heart made of gold and was pushing it full of love
But maybe he was dealing with issues we'll never get to
And if you think you solved it just call me as soon as it hits you
And when you start to thinking that everything is so bad
You'll see that not having a dad isn't something that you can't get through
'Cuz I did and you will
'Cuz I care how you feel
I'm not here to act like it don't bother me, I'm too real
And when I'm far away you'll still be my little soldiers
You may not understand it, just play this back when you're older
And that statement applies before or after my steed comes
I'm here to tell you I'll be your father if you should need one
And don't ever listen when they try to tell you what not to do
It's always possible, you can overcome any obstacle
[Hook]:
You can be any little thing in the world
If you just believe it
You can have any little thing that you want
Trust me I see it
They can't tell you who you are
They don't know you're a superstar
Any little thing in the world
Da da da da da da da da da da da
Da da da da da da da da da da da
Da da da da da da da
They can't tell you, they can't tell you
Da da da da da da da da da da da
Da da da da da da da da da da da
Da da da da da da da
They can't tell you, they can't tell you
[Verse 2]:
Now your momma got y'all living in this hotel
And I've been there before, I know the situation so well
When I get back from tour I'll make sure to come and see you
I look inside your eyes and they screaming "brother, we need you"
But all I see is smiles every time you open the door
It's funny how sometimes even silence come with a roar
And I can hear it
Although you never made a peep I can tell by the way you sleep
Five on the bed, two on the floor
And I don't understand how you're momma could see y'all like that
I know she's in a war with welfare but she won't fight back
And I know how that is 'cuz my mom has similar problems
But she turned to smoking crack instead, thinking that will resolve them
Only made it worse
'Cuz soon we were taking and she was made to hurt
Went as far as she could to escape it, she should've stayed at work
Crazy to see that success was part of my outcome
So stay close to your family, it's hard to do this without one
It's safe to say that I miss my brothers and sisters
I ain't the oldest but I'm stuck in the middle somewhere, like Malcolm
And I'll always be close, never gave a fuck about the distance
This music subtracts me from you, I know it's making a difference
I'm here to show the world that we're coming at 'em in 3D
Make sure you hit record if you ever see me on TV
Hope I'm your favorite artist and this is your favorite CD
'Cuz this your special song, you can put this on if you need me
[Hook]:
You can be any little thing in the world
If you just believe it
You can have any little thing that you want
Trust me I see it
They can't tell you who you are
They don't know you're a superstar
Any little thing in the world
Da da da da da da da da da da da
Da da da da da da da da da da da
Da da da da da da da
They can't tell you, they can't tell you
Da da da da da da da da da da da
Da da da da da da da da da da da
Da da da da da da da
They can't tell you, they can't tell you
[Outro]:
Da da da da da da
Okay, alright, alright, alright, okay, alright
Thank you!
You're welcome. You got what you wanted, now it's time to go to sleep (they can't tell you, they can't tell you)
Okay, alright
Alright, just wanna let y'all know I love y'all
Love you too Hakim!
Alright, goodnight
Goodnight! (they can't tell you, they can't tell you)
