| Da-da
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| Da-da
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| Yeah, good job
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| I said, young man
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| Sit down, let me tell you how it’s s’posed to be
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| How they told me
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| I said, young man, if you wanna make God smile
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| Make plans, you’ve got to be ready
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| You don’t understand, right now you’re a young man
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| You gon' have to stand for something
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| Beautiful boy, got it from your momma
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| Damn, she look good, you might get a sister
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| By the time you get the picture
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| If you want a woman this good, gotta clear your system
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| And it’s all right
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| If you need to cry, you’ve got my permission
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| You can do anything in the world if you listen
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| Like a young man
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| Sit down, let me tell you how it’s s’posed to be
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| How they told me
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| I said, young man, if you wanna make God smile
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| Make plans, you’ve got to be ready
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| You don’t understand, right now you’re a young man
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| But you gon' have to stand for something
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| We don’t ever back down, don’t back down
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| We don’t have to act out, don’t act out
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| And even when you fall, don’t stay down
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| If you need me around, you know I stay down
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| And anywhere you go, you can go your own way
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| If you ask me how I know these things, remember I once was a
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| Young man
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| Sit down, let me tell you how it’s s’posed to be
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| How they told me
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| I said, young man, if you wanna make God smile
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| Make plans, you’ve got to be ready
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| You don’t understand, right now you’re a young man
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| But you gon' have to stand for something
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| Someday somebody’s gonna break your heart in two
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| And I’ll be there
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| Someday you’re gonna break somebody’s heart
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| That’s what we do
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| One day I’ll be gone, son, but right now I’m home
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| No, you’ll never be alone
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| Maybe someday you’ll be talking to your own
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| Young man, yeah
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| You know your daddy’s so proud of you
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| My little young man
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| Mama just can’t get enough of you
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| My little young man, yeah
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| You know your daddy’s so proud of you
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| My little young man, yeah
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| I said, young man
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| Sit down, let me tell you how it’s s’posed to be
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| How they told me
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| I said, young man, if you wanna make God smile
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| Make plans, you’ve got to be ready
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| You don’t understand, right now you’re a young man
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| You gon' have to stand for something
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| Daddy
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| Is it daddy
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| Daddy
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| Daddy
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| Yeah, that’s daddy
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| Say, «I love you, daddy»
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| «I love you, daddy»
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| Sweet boy |