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‘Deadbeat
Dad’
sung by Colvin Fields
composed by Colvin Fields
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“Deadbeat Dad”
Colvin Fields
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“Deadbeat Dad”
Colvin Fields
Provided with the expressed permission of the composer(s)
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LYRICSVerse
Jah make the
family
For his glory and purpose
Father, mother and children
To strengthen communities
In most societies
It is the institution and
socialization
For raising healthy children
But since
the fall of man
Everything gone helter skelter
Fathers leaving home
And don’t even maintain
Their own children
Chorus
Deadbeat
dad, he’s a deadbeat dad, he’s a deadbeat dad
I know that yuh hearing
I know that yuh seeng
Deadbeat
dad, he’s a deadbeat dad, he’s a deadbeat dad
Support and love for your children
_________________
Mothers work
hard
To provide for their children
It is a plague in society
Fathers plunge kids in poverty
All because he’s a Deadbeat dad
Chorus
_________________
Prison
explosion rising over the nation
Young men and women are incarcerated
I am not saying
We doh have Deadbeat mothers
But in the garden
God held Adam
responsible
But since the fall of man
Everything gone helter skelter
Fathers worship cars
And don’t provide school books for
their children
Chorus
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Mothers
scrunting
Is two jobs that they working
This destroys society
Lots of kids are unhealthy
Just because of their Deadbeat dads
Chorus
_________________
Strengthen
the family
And you strengthen a nation
Fathers represent Jah Jah
In our homes and communities.
Lift up the brothers
All you mothers and sisters
Respect participation
When they man-up for their children.
But since the fall of man
Everything gone helter skelter
By the sweat of thy brow
You shall eat bread
Maintain your own children
Chorus
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Mothers work
hard
Someone floor that they
scrubbing
It is clearly plain to me
Lots ah kids in jeopardy
All because of their Deadbeat dad.
Chorus
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Interlude
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Chorus
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Colvin Atiba Fields
Born 1954 Belmont, in Port-of-Spain Trinidad, to Carlton and Julia Patricia Fields, Colvin Atiba Fields started his musical life in Trinidad, and migrated to the USA in October 1976. He resides in Claymont, Delaware, where he performs and teaches steelpan.
Fields says: “Dead Beat Dad is a tribute to all my kids who are doing great things in school, churches and their communities, even though a dad might not be present.”
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