Daddy's Gone - Big Mike

featuring Scarface 

Push, push, push, push... 
Here it comes... 
It's - it's a girl 

{Big Mike:} 
1971 a young girl gave birth 
Only a child, bringin another child on this earth 
Only 15 years of age 
But comin from the ghetto, it won't make the front page 
See, that's the way shit go 
And to the government she ain't nothin but another hoe 
Thinkin all she want is food stamps 
Give her a check and let her hang with the school tramps 
And mama's gettin mad 
Cause now she gotta watch her little girl grow up fast 
Straight ghetto life, straight ghetto drama 
Wanted a baby doll, now she's somebody's mama 
And life is so confusin to her 
Askin herself why is this happenin to her 
So now she gotta choose 
Between a box of Pampers and a pair of new tennis shoes 
Never had to make that choice before 
Never heard a baby's voice before 
And the daddy ain't nowhere to be found 
Too busy bein a hoe around town 
He just fall into another statistic 
Claimin black men don't do shit 
But that's the way it is 
And little do they know daddy also sheds tears 
Cause he don't know what to do 
Be a father to his child, or run with a crew 
You might say: easy choice, be a father 
But why should he do it when his father didn't bother? 
Just another sample, I guess 
Of black men settin bad examples 
Thinkin deep about the whole thing 
Takes his last bit of money and goes to buy a gold ring 
And askes her to marry her 
Promise to get a job, so he can carry her 
Thinkin that's the way to do it 
But little do they know that there's much more to it 
Cos marriage is demandin 
It takes lots of patie