## Metadata
**Caption:** funk, horn stabs, syncopated groove, gritty, 1974, 110 bpm, male vocal
**BPM:** 70
**Duration:** 178.0s
**Key:** B♭ major
**Time Signature:** 4

## Lyrics
[verse]
Papa said it plain and clear
Straighten up while I'm still here
Do your work and mind your name
Papa never played that game

[chorus]
Papa don't take no mess
Papa don't take no mess
No excuses, nothing less
Papa don't take no mess

[verse]
Get an education, learn a trade
Own your word, don't be afraid
Papa built it brick by brick
Taught us right from every trick

[chorus]
Papa don't take no mess
Papa don't take no mess
No excuses, nothing less
Papa don't take no mess

[bridge]
Hard times come, hard times go
Papa said, just work and grow
Discipline is how you rise
Papa's wisdom, Papa's eyes

[chorus]
Papa don't take no mess
Papa don't take no mess
No excuses, nothing less
Papa don't take no mess