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[00:01.25]Yo, yo, I want to dedicated this song to Philip Arthur Harrison
[00:06.73]Word up, 'cause he was the one who took me from a boy to a man
[00:11.32]So as far as I'm concerned, he's my father
[00:15.41]'Cause my biological didn't bother
[00:23.79]Biological father, left me in the cold, when a few months old
[00:26.43]Aa father's child was greater than gold but I guess not
[00:29.37]You brought me into the world but you're not my dad
[00:31.77]Mess around with those drugs makes my moms mad
[00:34.76]So we left you with no remorsal pity, took the first bus
[00:38.30]From York to Jersey City, women and child alone
[00:41.40]Noww that's pressure, mom's got to go to work, drop me off
[00:45.38]By Obesa momma, aunt Dede, whoever aunt Falma, uncle Roy
[00:49.96]We stuck together, a year went by and I could walk y'all
[00:54.11]Moms got that good ol' job at city hall
[00:56.90]She probably didn't trust men anymore
[01:00.00]Until Philip Harrison walk though the door
[01:02.84]Went out a few times but what about Shaquille
[01:05.63]Mom's offered him a million dollar package deal
[01:08.52]She said, "You want me, you gotta take my son"
[01:10.97]Or else it's like a hot dog but without the bun
[01:14.05]Guess what he accepted, responsibility he never left it
[01:18.02]He kept it, he kept it he took me from a boy to a man
[01:21.18]So Phil is my father, 'cause my biological didn't bother
[01:25.12]He took me from a boy to a man
[01:26.81]So Phil is my father 'cause my biological didn't bother
[01:30.75]He took me from a boy to a man
[01:32.70]So Phil is my father 'cause my biological didn't bother
[01:36.34]He took me from a boy to a man
[01:38.29]So Phil is my father 'cause my biological didn't bother
[01:41.88]He took me from a boy to a man
[01:43.77]So Phil is my father 'cause my biological didn't bother
[01:47.27]January fifth, Phil made a promise, what's that?
[01:50.41]He joined the army, we moved to Fort Mamth
[01:53.20]He disciplined me right from the get go
[01:56.14]Age two bottle and my mom shaquille let go
[01:59.09]Actin' spoiled, rotten, trippin'
[02:01.83]Got a butt whippin' because I didn't listen
[02:04.54]Back then you see privates made no bucks
[02:07.59]Had to get another job driven trucks
[02:10.48]Workin' hard as hell didn't satisfy him
[02:13.22]Had to another job working at the gym
[02:16.12]He wasn't gone with the wind like Clark Gable
[02:18.91]Work all them jobs to put food on the table
[02:21.64]Phil's my father, daddy and that's the scoop
[02:24.64]Can I go to the gym with you and shoot some hoops
[02:27.48]Come on he, put me under his wing
[02:29.92]Was the ball boy for his little Arthur team
[02:33.01]Sometimes he even made me mad but it didn't matter
[02:36.75]'Cause I still wanted to be like dad but a little bit better
[02:40.35]Encouraged me to stay in school and to get then good letters
[02:44.39]I wasn't a brainiac but I tried hard
[02:46.92]Got to watch the knicks, play if I had a good report card
[02:49.96]All types, all sorts, disobeyed my dad and I couldn't play sports
[02:55.54]I learned to dribble from right to left, I couldn't do a damn thang
[02:59.39]With all them F's, age fifteen father and son confrontation
[03:04.52]That's nothin' but father and son trials and tribulation
[03:07.51]Back then I could understand but I'm glad you did it
[03:10.74]'Cause now I'm a man, he took me from a boy to a man
[03:13.96]So Phil is my father 'cause my biological didn't bother
[03:17.80]He took me from a boy to a man
[03:19.69]So Phil is my father 'cause my biological didn't bother(4x)
[03:40.04]Look at me now successful for sure
[03:42.72]Phil raised me well to be an entrepeneur
[03:46.17]And if your making big dope be materialistic
[03:49.30]'Cause you'll end up another statistic
[03:52.64]Everything's going well following my dreams
[03:54.58]I dunked on Patrick Ewing, I won the ring like Hakeem
[03:57.82]Oh, what do you know? Biological one's on the Ricky Lake show
[04:02.86]What does he want, does he want money? What people do for money
[04:09.41]It's kinda funny to me, he ain't gettin' no check from me, check it
[04:14.45]He can go on all the talk shows he want phil is my dad
[04:18.49]So don't even front, he took me from a boy to a man
[04:21.69]So Phil is my father 'cause my biological didn't bother