The group is comprised of Tony Borowiak, Jamie Jones, Delious Kennedy, and Alfred Nevarez. All of them were from the Mojave, California City, and Hesperia areas of California. As stated before, they are best known for "I Swear", which was also nominated for Song Of The Year at the Grammys (as was the single "I Can Love You Like That", another remake of a Montgomery country song, the following year). All-4-One almost became transatlantic chart toppers, blocked only by Wet Wet Wet's cover "Love Is All Around" (originally by The Troggs) for the soundtrack to the 1994 film 'Four Weddings and a Funeral' (that cover spent 15 weeks at number one in the U.K. Singles Chart).
Many people often mistake All-4-One songs for those done by Boyz II Men, another popular 90s R&B group. This is due to their very similar music style as well as the fact that both artists had the height of their popularity in around 1994 or so. At any rate, All-4-One achieved considerable airplay for years afterwards.
However, declining sales led to the group leaving the Atlantic Records label after the release of the album 'On and On' in 1999. Still, even the shift in labels did not help shore up the group's flagging popularity, as the follow-up album, 'A41', and its lead single "Not Ready 4 Goodbye" both failed to chart in the U.S. (although their next single, "Beautiful As You", was a minor Adult Contemporary hit). Their 2004 album, titled 'Split Personality', was given an Asia-only release.
All-4-One later signed a new record deal with the label Peak Concord. Their seventh album (and, to date, their latest), titled 'No Regrets', came out in September 2009. That release is perhaps best known for featuring the song "Key to Your Heart". As well, the group's iconic singles "I Swear" and "I Can Love You Like That" have continued to receive airplay and praise over the years.
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My Child
All-4-One Lyrics
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Hey, yeah
Listen y'all
Girl I know you think that it's me you're hurtin'
By denying me the right
Take part in his life
That ain't fare to him and it just ain't right
And I know you think that I don't deserve it
But for our child's sake
Don't make this mistake
Don't make him choose between us
Remember the words that I told you, yeah
He's gonna resent you when he's older
And trust me, you don't want that kind of pain
(no no no)
He's a part of me that you know you can't deny
And baby no matter how hard you try,
When you look at him you'll see me in his eyes
It may seem right now
But soon you'll find out
Just who you're hurting babe
Now let me see my child
'Fore its too late
His heart fills with hate
We've got to work it out
Now let me see my child
You can't tell me he don't ever ask about me
Can you tell him the truth, about me and you
Or will you tell lies cause its easy to do
You have to know that it's not a game
'Cause, I'm here to stay
This child bears my name,
My blood runs through his veins
Just because you and I weren't happy
Doesn't change the fact that I'm his Daddy
So swallow your pride
He needs me in his life
See I need him as every bit as much as you
So just try to put yourself in my shoes
'Cause if you were me what you do
It may seem right now
But soon you'll find out
Just who you're hurting babe
Now let me see my child
'Fore its too late
His heart fills with hate
We've got to work it out
Now let me see my child
Now I know we both have regret
For the sake of that boy
Lets forgive and forget
And I know that its easier to fight
But just look at him
You have to see the thing we did right
It may seem right now
But soon you'll find out
Just who you're hurting babe
Now let me see my child
'Fore its too late
His heart fills with hate
We've got to work it out
Now let me see my child
Child, let me see my, child
I got to see my child
Your hurting him your hurting him
Child, he needs me in his life
Child,I gotta show him how to be man
I gotta see him I want to see him
Let me see him
Child, yeah
I got to see him yeah oh
Child let me see my child
The lyrics to All-4-One's song My Child are about the struggles of co-parenting and the conversation between a father and a mother who have separated. The father in the song pleads with the mother to allow him to "take part in his life", referring to their child. He believes that denying him the right to be in his child's life is not only unfair to him but to the child as well, and he stresses that he does not want the child to have to choose between his parents. He reminds the mother that their child bears his name and that his blood runs through his veins, so he deserves to have a relationship with him. The father also warns the mother that if she continues to deny him access to their child, the child will resent her when he's older.
The lyrics of My Child show the emotional pain that parents go through when faced with the challenges of co-parenting. They also highlight the importance of putting aside personal grievances for the sake of their child's well-being. The father acknowledges that he and the mother may have had their differences, but he urges her to forgive and forget so they can work together in raising their child. The song ends with a plea from the father to the mother to allow him to see their child before its too late.
Line by Line Meaning
Girl I know you think that it's me you're hurtin'
I understand that you believe you're hurting me by keeping our child away from me
By denying me the right
You're denying me the right to be a part of our child's life
Take part in his life
Being a part of our child's life is important for him and for us
That ain't fare to him and it just ain't right
It's unfair to our child and it's not the right thing to do
And I know you think that I don't deserve it
I understand that you believe I don't deserve to be involved in our child's life
But for our child's sake
It's important for the sake of our child
Don't make this mistake
Don't make the mistake of keeping our child away from me
Don't make him choose between us
Don't make our child choose between his parents
Remember the words that I told you, yeah
Remember the words that I said to you
He's gonna resent you when he's older
Our child will hold resent towards you when he's older
And trust me, you don't want that kind of pain
You don't want to see our child in pain
He's a part of me that you know you can't deny
Our child is a part of me, and you can't deny that
And baby no matter how hard you try,
No matter how hard you try,
When you look at him you'll see me in his eyes
You'll see me in our child's eyes
It may seem right now
You may think it's the right thing to do at the moment
But soon you'll find out
But soon you'll realize
Just who you're hurting babe
Who you're really hurting, my love
Now let me see my child
Now allow me to see our child
'Fore its too late
Before it's too late
His heart fills with hate
Our child will grow up hating us both
We've got to work it out
We need to find a way to work this out
You have to know that it's not a game
This is not a game, you need to take it seriously
'Cause, I'm here to stay
I'm not going anywhere, I'll always be around
This child bears my name,
Our child has my name
My blood runs through his veins
Our child has my blood running through his veins
Just because you and I weren't happy
Just because we weren't happy together
Doesn't change the fact that I'm his Daddy
Doesn't change the fact that I'm his father
So swallow your pride
Put your pride aside
He needs me in his life
Our child needs me to be a part of his life
See I need him as every bit as much as you
I also need our child in my life as much as you do
So just try to put yourself in my shoes
Try to see things from my perspective
'Cause if you were me what you do
If you were in my position, what would you do?
Now I know we both have regret
I understand that we both have regrets
For the sake of that boy
For the sake of our child
Lets forgive and forget
Let's forgive each other and move on
And I know that its easier to fight
I know that it's easier to fight than to work things out
But just look at him
But just look at our child
You have to see the thing we did right
You have to see that we did something right
Child, let me see my, child
Let me see our child
I got to see my child
I need to see our child
Your hurting him your hurting him
You're hurting our child
Child, he needs me in his life
Our child needs me to be a part of his life
Child,I gotta show him how to be man
I need to show our child how to be a man
I gotta see him I want to see him
I have to see our child, I want to see him
Child, yeah
Our child
I got to see him yeah oh
I need to see him
Child let me see my child
Let me see our child
Lyrics © CONCORD MUSIC PUBLISHING LLC, Sony/ATV Music Publishing LLC, Peermusic Publishing
Written by: JAMIE JONES, DELIOUS T KENNEDY, JACK KUGELL, KEITH MARTIN, TOMMY MCCARTHY, JASON PENNOCK
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@slimfromnola3618
All women who keeping dads from their kids need to hear this!!!
@TheDavidcallow
thanks
@EdinAlexEnamorado
I just got full custody of my son!!!! This song helped me get thru it. Mother started violating my visitation rights. I spent the past 4 months without seeing him, i filled over 25 visitiation violation reports, went back to court & she still kept my son from me then she moved it was hard locating her to serve her. On the january 8th judge granted me full custody since mother showed up late to court but she didnt have my son with her. So i had to wait till today the last court date since i didnt know my son's where abouts & judge granted me everything. Today at 6pm she is supposed to turn my son over to me at the police station. This isnt easy for us fathers but believe me when i tell u. Its all worth the fight! Thank all for one for making a song like this! #fatherswithvoices
@jerrybattle27
Wow... Brother I'm glad the judge saw it in your favour! Congratulations man!!!
@MrBlactye
Congratulations to you. Because We more man like you when it comes to their kids. Pray that God continue to bless for your due diligence. I am so proud of you.
@tootieadams138
Le' Git amen our father god was with u all the way I'm glad for u n keep that smile on both of u guys face man ain't nothing like the love of ur child....
@markwilliams2030
I’m so very happy for you because I know what that feels like congratulations to you and your babies
@fleetwood1ish
Stay strong young black men!
@sjune11
when I 1st heard this song I cried for like a week straight, thinking of my son I miss u so much Jaray. It's been 3 yrs now, I know u need me just as much as I need u. Please women stop keeping us black men from our children, we're not bad father's. Please, Please, Please get over the simple things and allow us to guide our children b4 the system does. I love u son and one day we will b together again.
@danquali
"Cause I'm here to stay, this child bares my name, my blood runs through his veins" Whew, powerful; love it.