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Father In You

Mary J. Blige

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Father In You

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Oooh-oooh-ooohOoooooooohOooooohCan I talk to you, babyWhen I was a little girlI didn’t have a fatherAnd that’s why I’m leaning on youWhen I was a babyI didn’t get a hug from daddyThat’s why I need a hug from youOh It’s not easyAnd I thank you for putting up with meWhen you don’t have a guy’s loveTo say that you (to say that I am your little girl)Are his little girl (Oh why didn’t you love me?)And give you the love ( I need love yeah yeah yeaah yeah)You really deserve ( and I believe I deserve and that’s why)That’s why I need the father in you (I need the father in you baby)That’s why I need (please don’t hurt me please)The father in you (ooh)That’s why I need (Oh that’s why )The father in you (really need you )That’s why I need (please be true)The father in youOoohThings got badTo the point when mommy couldn’t hold us downAnd that’s when it hurt me so much to se her (to see her cry)Oh don’t cry, mama, don’t cry mamaWe’re gonna be alright, that’s what I used say(I said that some day) that I would try to take his placeBut it was too hard It was so hard trying be a man and not a womanand that’s why I need a fatherThat’s I need (oh I need)The father in you (I’m puttin’ my trust in you)That’s why I need (please don’t let me down)The father in you (oooh)That’s why I need (oooh I, I, I)The father in you ( I need the father in you)That’s why I need( Hold my hand, oh yeah)The father in you (oooh)Because we never had one at homeAs a little girlStill I understand, why daddy couldn’t be thereCuz it’s so obvious nobody taught him how to be a fatherOh, and I’m not saying this to reminisce on the pastI’m just saying this to make you understand that I needed a fatherAnd this is my problem this is why I couldn’t keep no oneThis is why I couldn’t stay aloneI was so scared aloneEvery woman needs a manand I don’t think she understandsThat she really needs a fatherThe father in you my brotherOooohShe really needed a fatherThe father in youWhen your wife is speaking fellas, pay attentionYeah, don’t ignore her, no no noOooohI really need the father in you
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