Take the time and come follow me, and thru this dream      And while i'm rollin' thru these neighborhoods see babies scream   And mommas fiend, Yo, it's like they on the wrong team   How many people close they eyes to this american dream   I look my children in they eyes and I wipe their tears   Now don't you fear, ''cause daddy's gonna be right here   And every river you gotta cross I'll be right there   And every paain you gotta feel, you know I'll always care   How many young gotta go to prison, behind the killin and dealin'   Not even carin' how these mothers feelin'   I know you on the swell, I know you lookin' well   But on the inside, just a lil kid that's locked behind a cell   And oh well, I never had a father there to lead 'em, but to leave 'em   And they greavin' and they barely breathin'   No reason to even try y'all to look for love   You got dealt such a bad hand to be a thug      Chorus   Oh, what the worl needs is love   And all the homies stuck in prison   What we need is a lil love, that's what we missin'   Oh, what the world needs is love, is love, we need a lil love      Never seen my pops, unless i seen him in me   Somebody please help me explain all this misery   I'm hangin' out with these older cats and I'm payin' my dues   Actin' a fool up in the streets, I'm packin' this gat and these tools   And thinkin' its cool to sellin dope and never goin to school   But I'm a fool, I listened to them when it should have been you   What kind of drama cause a momma turn her back on her kids   She said I said I'll be back, but she never did   I used to scream nobody love me   I fell in love with the streets when thugs they huged me   Know what I'm sayin', Instead of the nights fallin asleep   I fell in love with the streets, would have died as a thug hadn't been for your love   No mommas and daddys and all these homies stuck in prison   What we need is a lil ove, that's what we missin'   No mommas and daddys and all these homies stuck in prison   What we need is a lil love that's what we missin'      Chorus      And just like Jah, He never knew his daddy   And just like me I never knew my daddy   And while I'm ridin' with these older homies drivin' caddies   And now we cryin' wonder why my daddy had to have me   You can relate, but now we made it thru   But it wasn't easy you see, but can't forget the ones who died   Wasn't as fortunate as me   But now that crack flood the streets, nobody know how it came   Nobody wanna tell the truth, that's why we goin' insane   Project homes are steady broken, daddys out smokin'   Watchin' babies lyin' dead in the casket, it ain't no joke   And how we gonna make it without these daddies and mommas   That's why we lost up in this world, crazy facin' this drama   Most of the fathers 20 years ago they had your back   Alot of fathers in this day and time they hooked on crack   All we need is a lil love to change all that   I know it hurts to tell the truth, but gotta face the facts      Chorus