[male vocals] My
papa
Papa
thank
you,
papa
thank
you,
i
cant
thank
you
enough,
i
owe
you
debt
of
life,
debt
of
indeliable
gratitude.
i'm
now
a
father,
i
undestand
it
all,
thank
you
papa.
Never
gave
up,
never
cracked,
never
lagged
behind,
never
slacked
or
loosed,
never
cried
and
cursed,
never
walked
away,
never
failed
to
foot
the
bills
and
cleared
the
bins.
My
papa,
my
papa,
fine
papa,
i
learnt
you
were
lady's
man
in
your
youthful
days,
girls
were
fighting
for
spot
in
your
heart.
Your
picture
frame
hanging
on
the
wall
speaks
volumes.
I
learnt
mama
won,
because
she
won
your
heart
and
you
won
her
heart
too.
My
fine
papa!
i
dey
hail
you,
tuale!
tuale
tuale
for
my
African
papa.
Never
gave
up,
never
cracked,
never
lagged
behind,
never
slacked
or
loosed,
never
cried
and
cursed,
never
walked
away,
never
failed
to
foot
the
bills
and
cleared
the
bins.
My
papa,
my
idol,
my
lord,
my
king,
in
whom
i
drew
my
breathe,
your
loin
forged
me,
foisted
me
into
my
mother's
womb.
You
watchef
me
grew
up,
taught
me
everything
i
knew
today,
some
of
them
came
through
flogging
and
shouting.
Never
gave
up,
never
cracked,
never
lagged
behind,
never
slacked
or
loosed,
never
cried
and
cursed,
never
walked
away,
never
failed
to
foot
the
bills
and
cleared
the
bins.
You
never
failed
to
checked
on
me
every
night,
even,
when
was
sick,
you
never
left
your
love
unspoken.
Your
discipline
forged
my
wings,
i
can
fly
today ,
curtesy
of
my
papa.
My
papa
wielded
both
carrot
and
cane
like
a
music
teacher,
of
which
he
was,
seating
on
your
shoulders
was
an
honour.
Papa
i
owe
you
debt
of
gratitude,
i
owe
you
love
and
care.
Never
gave
up,
never
cracked,
never
lagged
behind,
never
slacked
or
loosed,
never
cried
and
cursed,
never
walked
away,
never
failed
to
foot
the
bills
and
cleared
the
bins.
My
papa
went
to
work
at
dawn ,
only
returns
with
tiny
strength
at
dusk.
yet,
you
foot
all
bills
and
bins
Of
noise
by
hyper
active
children
who
care
for
hunger
and
horn
of
plays.
He
never
celebrated
father's
day
nor
birthday,
he
only
celebrate
work,
work,
work,
pay
bills,
pay
for
bins,
pay
for
burdens
and
boredoms .
In
the
midst
of
heavy
burdens,
heavy
ladens,
long
list
of
bills ,
he
still
spares
his
chins
to
smile
at
us,
despite
drained
energy,
he
lifts
us
up
on
his
shoulders
with
the
last
ounce
of
strength.
Never
gave
up,
never
cracked,
never
lagged
behind,
never
slacked
or
loosed,
never
cried
and
cursed,
never
walked
away,
never
failed
to
foot
the
bills
and
cleared
the
bins.
Papa
thank
you,
papa
thank
you,
i
cant
thank
you
enough,
i
owe
you
debt
of
life,
debt
of
indeliable
gratitude.
i'm
now
a
father,
i
undestand
it
all,
thank
you
papa.
He's
always
there
for
us,
under
the
rain
he
would
came
through,
under
heavy
lightening
mixed
with
thundering ,"
look
you
will
see
papa,
my
young
brother
would
say,
only
death
could
stop
him"
Never
gave
up,
never
cracked,
never
lagged
behind,
never
slacked
or
loosed,
never
cried
and
cursed,
never
walked
away,
never
failed
to
foot
the
bills
and
cleared
the
bins.
Papa
thank
you,
papa
thank
you,
i
cant
thank
you
enough,
i
owe
you
debt
of
life,
debt
of
indeliable
gratitude.
i'm
now
a
father,
i
undestand
it
all,
thank
you
papa.