Our Father chords by 
Saul Williams 
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Key: A minor•
Verse 1
[Baptist Rev. Saul
S. Williams (Saul's father) 1999:]
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I just want to talk about a good father.
Now, coming from me,
if you where to personally
look at my life,
you would ask the question,
"What do you know about
a good father?"
And that would be a fair question,
because one of
the statements I have written
on my notes
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here today is that men need examples.
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That's not holy men,
all of us are helped by examples.
But it does seem that as men
we feel better when
other men show us that they are man
enough to do whatever it is that we have
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hesitancy in doing.
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Whether it is cook, sew,
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maybe sit or to
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shout, clap our hands, cry.
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We sometimes can't do it un til we
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see other men who have lost themselves
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in the praise of God and in life.
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So it would certainly be a fair question,
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on this Father's Day, to ask,
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"What do you know
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about a good father?"
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Now, when I say father I
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am speaking of one who
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is the guardian or biological
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male in your life.
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Who takes you out with them,
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who teaches
you and gives you the in
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structions to follow.
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Proverbs talks about the son
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or daughter following
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the instruction s of the father. Well,
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certainly there is no
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equivication about that, that's
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wonderful, howe'er ,
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in order to follow one's in structions
they most know what
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they're do ing.
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We ask, sociologically,
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why are there so
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many messed up fam ilies,
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what's the problem?
Well in most of those cases,
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those children
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have no or little example to follow.
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There are exceptions but in
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most of those cases
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they have little or no example
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to follow.
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A good father is more
than one who
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provides shelter,
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food and body coverage.
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Now, I pray that those fathers who are
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here and those mothers who had to
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be fathers also and everyone
once in a while we find
some fathers who had to be mothers
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also:
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[Saul Williams]
Verse 2
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Our father which art in St. Frances Hospital
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for hypertension
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Our father which art in jumpsuits and prisons,
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feder al detention
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Our father which art in dark bars and alleys,
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leth al injection
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Our father which art in denial
and delusion
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This can not happen again
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Hallowed be
Verse 3
thy
State your name for the record
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Hal lowed be thy
State your name for the record
Hallowed be thy
State your name for the record
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Hal lowed be thy
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State your name for the record
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Hallowed be thy
State your name for the record
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Hal lowed be thy
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State your name for the record
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Self's Disraeli end
Verse 4
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Dear God dess,
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We made this break beat just for you
As an offering
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Can you hear us now?
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Dear God dess,
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We made this break beat just for you
As an offering
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Can you hear us now?
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Dear God dess,
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We made this break beat just for you
As an offering
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Can you feel us now?
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Dear God dess,
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We made this break beat just for you
As an offering
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Can you heal us now?
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When I was young
Verse 5
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I cried when I found
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out I couldn't have children
Soon after I started rhyming
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No one was nicer than me
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I mean it, up state New York
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I learned to beat box in my tree house
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Sounded good up there
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Would you rather hear about guns fear
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Or broken glass in the tenement
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Should I rob to make you fear me now?
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Dear Goddess, can you hear me now?
Clear the way and prepare me now
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Dear Goddess,
can you hear me now?
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Dear Goddess,
Verse 6
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We made this break beat just for you
As an offering
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Can you hear us now?
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Dear God dess,
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We made this break beat just for you
As an offering
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Can you heal us now?
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I'm supposed to be
Verse 7
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less of an
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emcee ‘cause I never sold a key
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I sold my home work but
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y'all nig ger's were to
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busy hustling to do
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The dome work now you
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can only rhyme about
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How you're stealing chrome work
or your cell phone, jerk
Change your topic,
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damn I'm suppose to be praying
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I got to stop it
Verse 8
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Dear Goddess,
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We made this break beat just for you
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As an of fering
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Can you hear us now?
Dear Goddess,
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We made this break beat just for you
As an offering
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Can you hear us now?
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Verse 9
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Dear God dess,
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We made this break beat just for you
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As an offering
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An offering
Outro 1
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