Oh, Papa don't take no mess
Papa don't take no mess
Papa is the man who can understand
How a man has to do
Whatever he can, hit me

Papa don't, Papa don't, Papa don't
Papa don't take no mess, no
Papa don't take no mess

Now Papa might grin
Drink a little taste of gin
Bet his last ten
On a little game of skins
Hit me

Papa don't take no mess
Papa don't take no mess
Papa don't, Papa don't, Papa don't, Papa don't, Papa don't
Papa don't take no mess, hey, hey

Papa digs the chick
If she look real slick
Papa rap is very quick
He definitely ain't no trick
Oh yeah

Papa don't, Papa don't, Papa don't, Papa don't, Papa don't
Papa don't take no mess

Wait, wait a minute, looka here
Papa, don't take Papa light
'Cause when Papa gets uptight
He knows he right
Ha, you got to settle the fight
Hit me

Papa don't take no mess
Papa don't take no mess
Papa don't, Papa don't, Papa don't, Papa don't, Papa don't
Papa don't take no mess

Oh yeah
Alright

Papa is the man
Who will take a stand
Papa don't take no mess
Papa don't, Papa don't, Papa don't, don't, Papa don't

Look, ha, dig this
Papa didn't cuss
He didn't raise a whole lotta fuss
But when we did wrong
Papa beat the hell out of us, uh

Papa don't, Papa don't, Papa don't, Papa don't, Papa don't
Papa don't take no mess
Papa don't take no mess

I saw Papa cry
When he thought that I would die
Looka here
I saw Papa cry
When he thought that I would die
He said something was in his eye
I knew it was a lie

Papa loves his son
Mama said Papa's smart
Papa got a whole lot of heart
And Papa would do his part
When the game get hard
Hit me

Papa don't, Papa don't, Papa don't, Papa don't, Papa don't
Papa don't take no mess