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Father

LL Cool J의 싱글
" 4, 3, 2, 1"
(1997)
Father
(1998)
"Hot, Hot, Hot"
(1998)
Father
파일:Father_LL_Cool_J.jpg
수록 음반 <colbgcolor=#fff,#1f2023> Phenomenon
아티스트 LL Cool J
B-Side "4, 3, 2, 1 (E-Dub Remix 6) (Radio Edit)"
(카세트 싱글)
발매일 1998년 1월 13일
녹음 기간 1997년
스튜디오 사운드트랙 스튜디오 ( 뉴욕 주 뉴욕)[1]
퓨처 오디오 ( 텍사스 주 달라스)[2]
더 힛 팩토리 ( 뉴욕 주 뉴욕)[3]
장르 힙합, 가스펠
재생 시간 4:44 (앨범 버전)
레이블 Def Jam
송라이터 James Todd Smith, Jean-Claude Olivier,[4] Samuel Barnes,[5] George Michael, G. Overdig
프로듀서 Poke & Tone

1. 개요2. 오디오/뮤직 비디오3. 가사4. 차트 성적

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1. 개요

LL 쿨 J의 싱글이며 그의 7집 앨범 Phenomenon의 세번째 싱글로 1998년 1월 13일에 발매되었다.

2. 오디오/뮤직 비디오

오디오 (앨범 버전)
뮤직 비디오

3. 가사

[Intro]
I swear to tell the truth and nothin but the truth...
So help me God
I just felt like tellin the story of my life
Felt like, maybe somebody could be inspired, you know?
We all feel pain, we all go through things
But it's time to overcome all that

[Verse 1]
If your plane crashed in the water and everybody died
Would you drown on purpose or try to survive?
I was born handicapped my arm wouldn't move
They called me a cripple pops caught an attitude
Beat my moms smoked lye drove trucks
My moms had a miscarriage, he didn't give a fuck
He sniffed some coke, come home
Beat up on my moms cause she's talkin on the phone
Come on

[Chorus]
(all I ever wanted)
All I ever wanted
(all I ever needed)
All I ever needed
(was a father)
Was a father
(that's all)
That's all!
(all I ever wanted)
All I ever wanted
(all I ever needed)
All I ever needed... was a father
(was a father)

[Verse 2]
Moms got tired of the beatings said, "Yo, we got to go"
Packed up her bags we bounced out the do'
She said, "I ain't takin these whippin's no mo'
I wanna live to see my little Todd grow"
I remember tear drops on my pops face
Lookin down at me standin on the staircase
Handsome brother with a smooth goatee
Makes me wonder why he act so ugly, you feelin me?
(I'm feelin you)

[Chorus]
(all I ever wanted)
All I ever wanted
(all I ever needed)
All I ever needed
(was a father)
Was a father
(that's all)
That's all!
(all I ever wanted)
All I ever wanted
(all I ever needed)
All I ever needed... was a father
(was a father)

[Verse 3]
My pops got drunk when me and my moms bounced
Swigged some Jack Dan', sniffed up a ounce
Grabbed the shotty left Long Isle for Queens
Possesed by a demon... a devil it seemed
I was too young to understand the risk
When your moms come home off the midnight shift
She turned around heard the shotgun click
My pops said, "You think that you could leave me {bitch}?"
He blasted my moms in the back
She fell down screamin I can't forget that
My grandfather tried to close the do'
He got shot ten times in the stomach yo, for real

[Chorus]
(all I ever wanted)
All I ever wanted
(all I ever needed)
All I ever needed
(was a father)
Was a father
(that's all)
That's all!
(all I ever wanted)
All I ever wanted
(all I ever needed)
All I ever needed... was a father
(was a father)

[Verse 4]
My head was spinnin, I had never seen blood
Four years old, this don't feel like love
Anyway, pops dissapeared
Grandpops and moms healed up over the years
This therapist got up in her head
Led her to believe without him she'd be dead
You know, they fell in love with one another
Everything seemed right that's word to mother
Until I started gettin beatings everday
Sometimes for going outside to play
Late at night on my knees I'd pray
A young child, wishin the pain would go away
Dad where was you when he made me strip
Beat with belts like a slave with a whip
Kicked me down steps outside in the snow
Punched me in the chest stomped me out on the flo'
That's just the tip of the iceberg look
It's too long for a song but perfect for a book
Word is bond, that's real baby

[Chorus]
(all I ever wanted)
All I ever wanted
(all I ever needed)
All I ever needed
(was a father)
Was a father
(that's all)
That's all!
(all I ever wanted)
All I ever wanted
(all I ever needed)
All I ever needed... was a father
(was a father)

4. 차트 성적

빌보드 R&B 차트에서 12위, 빌보드 핫 100에서 1998년 2월 셋째 주에 18위를 기록했고 3주 연속 20위권에,[6] 8주 연속 40위권에 머물러 있었다.[7]

1998년 빌보드 R&B 연말 차트에서 80위, 1998년 빌보드 핫 100 연말 차트에선 97위에 올랐다.


[1] 녹음 [2] 녹음 [3] 믹스 [4] Poke & Tone [5] Poke & Tone [6] 1998년 2월 첫째 주부터 셋째 주까지 [7] 1998년 1월 다섯번째 주부터 1998년 3월 셋째 주까지