Uncle Phil by Meko Supreme Lyrics
[Intro - Will Smith]
Hey you know what
You ain't gotta do nothin' Uncle Phil
Hey you know
Ain't like I'm still 5 years old you know?
Ain't like I'ma be sittin' up every night asking my mom
"When is daddy coming home?" You know?
Who needs him?
He wasn't there to teach me how to shoot my first basket
But I learned didn't I?
And I got pretty damn good at it too, didn't I uncle Phil?
Got through my first date without him, right?
I learned how to drive
I learned how to shave
I learned how to fight without him
I had fourteen great birthdays without him
He never even sent me a damn card!
TO HELL WITH HIM!
[Verse 1]
Umm, I never had a father figure
But everything a-okay
Mom did all my nigga (halay)
And nobody can't take your place, there's no way
"Twenty we're on the lady?"
I can see the grace on your face
She said boy you gon' eat one day
But I make sure you say your grace it's okay
Cause it's things we need to see
And it's people that we need to be
And it's fams that we need to feed
But we can't take easy street
I believe in you to believe in me
Out here, get it too illegally
Fans gon' fall in place like a, b, c to d
Now hol' up let me freeze that beat, nigga
You always don't need to feed
Or need a ting'
Cause nigga you can breath for free now go
[Verse 2]
A young nigga on the go
A young nigga on the road
A young nigga gotta know
But a young nigga wants some more
Focus on what you want
A lot of dough and tons of hoes
If you stay on your toes
And good grades on the roles
And understand that it comes from both
Yeah, yeah, a nigga working day to day from major pay
To say it's safe to make a way
To take a vacation lay awake in the beach
And bathe away and bathe in it
To close your eyes and fade away (f- fade it, fade it)
[Hook]
We all want something for real
We all need something to feel
Need a guy to just come and chill
Yeah we can have fun for real
Yeah we can have fun for real
Man I swear I love my moms for real
Cause I never had a father figure some time
And I wish I had a Uncle Phil (I had an Uncle Phil)
Young man you know saw love -(?)
[Verse 3]
Dad umm, hey what's cool
I hated school but I graduated school
I played football and I made it cool
(?)
I got good grades, okay I lie
But yeah you know I still made it through
I never lived the hard life
Ma made sure I was taught right
And my job and my car nice
Don't even know why you weren't apart of our life
Or what time I just thought that you'd grow
But your son doing fine and I thought you should know
Yeah, let me connect to your heart
Girl, let me dance into your soul
Let me find the rhythm all this time was given
Look in your eyes hopin I'd find this vision
The hope that all the signs been giving
Praying that these black kids never find a prison
Praying that these white kids never (a vision/division)
Hope that they really get it
Cause we all alive
But we ain't really living
We just looking at the people who already did it
Like, how could that not inspire you
How could that not ignite the fire inside of you
Wait, I remember you understand it different (?)
Or maybe because my state is Michigan
And we coming from the hottest and the smallest city
But regardless yeah we gotta get it
Regardless yeah we gotta get it
I just need you to follow with me
Cause I never see the problem with it
And we coming from the hottest and the smallest city
(?)
[Hook]
We all want something for real
We all need something to feel
Need a guy to just come and chill
Yeah we can have fun for real
Yeah we can have fun for real
Man I swear I love my moms for real
Cause I never had a father figure some time
And I wish I had a Uncle Phil (I had an Uncle Phil)
Hey you know what
You ain't gotta do nothin' Uncle Phil
Hey you know
Ain't like I'm still 5 years old you know?
Ain't like I'ma be sittin' up every night asking my mom
"When is daddy coming home?" You know?
Who needs him?
He wasn't there to teach me how to shoot my first basket
But I learned didn't I?
And I got pretty damn good at it too, didn't I uncle Phil?
Got through my first date without him, right?
I learned how to drive
I learned how to shave
I learned how to fight without him
I had fourteen great birthdays without him
He never even sent me a damn card!
TO HELL WITH HIM!
[Verse 1]
Umm, I never had a father figure
But everything a-okay
Mom did all my nigga (halay)
And nobody can't take your place, there's no way
"Twenty we're on the lady?"
I can see the grace on your face
She said boy you gon' eat one day
But I make sure you say your grace it's okay
Cause it's things we need to see
And it's people that we need to be
And it's fams that we need to feed
But we can't take easy street
I believe in you to believe in me
Out here, get it too illegally
Fans gon' fall in place like a, b, c to d
Now hol' up let me freeze that beat, nigga
You always don't need to feed
Or need a ting'
Cause nigga you can breath for free now go
[Verse 2]
A young nigga on the go
A young nigga on the road
A young nigga gotta know
But a young nigga wants some more
Focus on what you want
A lot of dough and tons of hoes
If you stay on your toes
And good grades on the roles
And understand that it comes from both
Yeah, yeah, a nigga working day to day from major pay
To say it's safe to make a way
To take a vacation lay awake in the beach
And bathe away and bathe in it
To close your eyes and fade away (f- fade it, fade it)
[Hook]
We all want something for real
We all need something to feel
Need a guy to just come and chill
Yeah we can have fun for real
Yeah we can have fun for real
Man I swear I love my moms for real
Cause I never had a father figure some time
And I wish I had a Uncle Phil (I had an Uncle Phil)
Young man you know saw love -(?)
[Verse 3]
Dad umm, hey what's cool
I hated school but I graduated school
I played football and I made it cool
(?)
I got good grades, okay I lie
But yeah you know I still made it through
I never lived the hard life
Ma made sure I was taught right
And my job and my car nice
Don't even know why you weren't apart of our life
Or what time I just thought that you'd grow
But your son doing fine and I thought you should know
Yeah, let me connect to your heart
Girl, let me dance into your soul
Let me find the rhythm all this time was given
Look in your eyes hopin I'd find this vision
The hope that all the signs been giving
Praying that these black kids never find a prison
Praying that these white kids never (a vision/division)
Hope that they really get it
Cause we all alive
But we ain't really living
We just looking at the people who already did it
Like, how could that not inspire you
How could that not ignite the fire inside of you
Wait, I remember you understand it different (?)
Or maybe because my state is Michigan
And we coming from the hottest and the smallest city
But regardless yeah we gotta get it
Regardless yeah we gotta get it
I just need you to follow with me
Cause I never see the problem with it
And we coming from the hottest and the smallest city
(?)
[Hook]
We all want something for real
We all need something to feel
Need a guy to just come and chill
Yeah we can have fun for real
Yeah we can have fun for real
Man I swear I love my moms for real
Cause I never had a father figure some time
And I wish I had a Uncle Phil (I had an Uncle Phil)