[Intro]
It's ah blessing enuh
I'm ah buy yuh ah mockingbird and mek it sing
If that mockingbird don't sing
Aye
Yeah, yeah, yeah
Nah-nah, aye
Hush
Yeah dawg
Yeah dawg

[Chorus]
Hush mi likkle daughter, yuh father dedicate his love
To you, for you (Oh oh)
Tings tough mi likkle daughter
Mi just ah gwan do di work, mi ah try
Yuh daddy love yuh and yuh better know dat

[Verse 1]
Yesterday I was ah boy, but today I'm ah man now (I'm ah man)
Mi haffi mek it on mi own, and mi need no handout
Mi buy ah link fi yuh, sing fi yuh
Yuh daddy would do anything fi yuh
Nuh bother cry, yuh guh mek daddy cry
Mummy soon come [?]
[Chorus]
Smile mi likkle daughter, yuh father full ah love inside
Fi yuh, but fi yuh (Oh)
Tings tough mi likkle daughter
Mi just ah gwan do di work, mi ah try
Yuh daddy love yuh and yuh better know dat

[Bridge]
Mi African princess ah yuh rule
And daddy love yuh til him fool (Til mi fool)
Mi likkle Kema (Eh, love yuh til mi fool)

[Verse 2]
Hey
Mi cyan believe seh yuh big already
Mi get yuh mother pregnant inna stage weh wi never ready
'Member days ah rub yuh mumma belly
Mi seh mi haffi play mi part, ah nine months mi watch har bring yuh up fimi
And since yuh come inna mi life baby, mi see love and it's never ending
From mi heart to yuh mi sing ah message
And yuh daddy [?]
Daddy haffi strong becau' di streets ah test mi
Mi been doing wrong, hoping dem nuh ketch mi
Mi hustling hard becau' mi haffi mek it
Yuh dinner coming home, yuh better best believe it
Hey, hey
[Chorus]
Hush mi likkle daughter, yuh father full ah love inside
Fi yuh, oh yuh (Oh)
Tings tough mi likkle daughter
Mi just ah gwan do di work, mi ah try
Yuh daddy love yuh and yuh better know dat

[Bridge]
Yesterday I was ah boy, but today I'm ah man now
Yeah dawg
Yeah (Hey, hey, hey)
Mi African princess ah yuh rule
And daddy love yuh til him fool (Til him fool)

[Outro]
I'm ah buy yuh ah mockingbird and that could sing
If that mockingbird don't sing
Yeah I'm ah tek it back
If dem ask, tell dem mi daddy do that
I'm ah buy yuh ah mockingbird
And I'm ah mek it sing
And if that mockingbird don't sing
I'm ah tek it back
If dem ask, tell dem mi daddy do that