Yo Mister howâs your daughter
You really ought to know
For every thing you taught her
Donât matter when sheâs all alone
My crazy friend named Cara
After all of us told her, âNoâ
She'd get another speed ball
Now sheâs going no where slow
Her papa caught her on the first time
And put her out on the street
Cara told me to remind him
That she was only 17
Yo Mister howâs your daughter (Howâs your girl)
You really ought to know
Every thing you taught her
It donât matter when sheâs all alone
Cara got hooked up with the wrong kids
Then she started skipping school
Then Cara got high to make disappear
A world full of fools
In her eyes her father was the biggest fool of them all
And she was speeding, thatâs what sheâd say
Maybe, maybe, maybe she wouldnât talk so stupid
If she knew how much she needed this fool today
Yo Mister howâs your daughter
You really ought to know
For every thing you taught her
Donât matter when sheâs all alone
She needs you right now Mister
âCause she ainât got long to live
Itâs so easy to say, âI love youâ
But itâs harder to forgive
Her father cried when I told him
That Cara twice got knocked up
He said, âJust like her mama, uh-huh
She shows her body when she wants to show love
She tried that stuff with me and I beat her downâ
Thereâs no way I could let her stay
Couldnât let her stick around
âCause I tried so hard to raise her right
He said, âWhat made her turn out this wayâ
I donât know
What made her turn out this way
I donât know, I donât know
And I said and I said and I said
Yo Mister howâs your daughter
You really ought to know (Every thing)
Every thing you taught her
Donât matter when sheâs all alone
She needs you right now Mister
She ainât got long to live
Itâs so easy to say, âI love youâ
But itâs harder to forgive
Yo Mister howâs your daughter (Howâs your daughter tonight)
Yo Mister howâs your daughter (Howâs your daughter tonight)
Yo Mister howâs your daughter (Howâs your daughter tonight)
Yo Mister howâs your daughter (Howâs your daughter tonight)
