Yo Mister how's your daughter You really ought to know For every thing you taught her Don't matter when she's all alone My crazy friend named Cara After all of us told her, âNoâ She'd get another speed ball Now she's going no where slow Her papa caught her on the first time And put her out on the street Cara told me to remind him That she was only 17 Yo Mister how's your daughter (How's your girl) You really ought to know Every thing you taught her It don't matter when she's all alone Cara got hooked up with the wrong kids Then 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, that's what she'd say Maybe, maybe, maybe she wouldn't talk so stupid If she knew how much she needed this fool today Yo Mister how's your daughter You really ought to know For every thing you taught her Don't matter when she's all alone She needs you right now Mister âCause she ain't got long to live It's so easy to say, âI love youâ But it's harder to forgive Her father cried when I told him That Cara twice got knocked up He said, âJust like her mama, uh-huh She shows her body when she wants to show love She tried that stuff with me and I beat her downâ There's no way I could let her stay Couldn't let her stick around âCause I tried so hard to raise her right He said, âWhat made her turn out this wayâ I don't know What made her turn out this way I don't know, I don't know And I said and I said and I said Yo Mister how's your daughter You really ought to know (Every thing) Every thing you taught her Don't matter when she's all alone She needs you right now Mister She ain't got long to live It's so easy to say, âI love youâ But it's harder to forgive Yo Mister how's your daughter (How's your daughter tonight) Yo Mister how's your daughter (How's your daughter tonight) Yo Mister how's your daughter (How's your daughter tonight) Yo Mister how's your daughter (How's your daughter tonight)