Yo Mister-Patti Labelle

Oh, mister hows your daughter? You really ought to know For every thing you taught her Dont matter when shes all alone My crazy friend named Cara After all of us told her, No S-s-she'd get another spoon ball Now, shes going no where slow Her papa caught her for the first time And put her out on the street Cara told me to remind him That she was only seventeen Yo, mister hows your daughter? Hows your girl? You really ought to know Every thing you taught her It dont matter when shes all alone Cara got hooked up with the wrong kids Then s-s-she started skipping school Then Cara got high to make disappear A world full of fools In her eyes her father was the biggest fool of them all And she was speeding, thats what shed say Maybe, maybe, maybe she wouldnt talk so stupid If she knew how much she needed this fool today Yo, mister hows your daughter? You really ought to know For every thing you taught her Dont matter when shes all alone She needs you right now mister Cause she aint got long to live Its so easy to say, I love you But its harder to forgive Her father cried when I told him that Cara twice got knocked up He said, Just like her mama, aha, she shows her body When she wants to show love, she tried that stuff with me And I beat her down, theres no way I could let her stay Couldnt let her stick around Cause I tried so hard to raise her right He said, What made her turn out this way, I dont know What made her turn out this way, I dont know, I dont know And I said and I said and I said Yo, mister hows your daughter? You really ought to know, every thing Every thing you taught her Dont matter when shes all alone But she needs you right now mister She aint got long to live Its easy to say, I love you But its harder to forgive (Hows your daughter tonight?) Yo, mister hows your daughter? (Hows your daughter tonight?) Yo, mister hows your daughter? (Hows your daughter tonight?) Yo, mister hows your daughter? (Hows your daughter tonight?) Yo, mister hows your daughter? (Hows your daughter tonight?)