美國黑人歌姬［佩蒂拉貝爾］＆音樂鬼才［王子］的合作──New Jack Swing曲──［Yo Mister／吆,先生］

Oh, mister hows your daughter?

You really ought to know

For every thing you taught her

Dont matter when shes all alone

My crazy friend named Cara

After all of us told her, ?No?

S-s-shed get another spoon ball

Now, shes going no where slow

Her papa caught her for the first time

And put her out on the street

Cara told me to remind him

That she was only seventeen

Yo, mister hows your daughter? hows your girl?

You really ought to know

Every thing you taught her

It dont matter when shes all alone

Cara got hooked up with the wrong kids

Then s-s-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, thats what she?d say

Maybe, maybe, maybe she wouldnt talk so stupid

If she knew how much she needed this fool today

Yo, mister hows your daughter?

You really ought to know

For every thing you taught her

Dont matter when shes all alone

She needs you right now mister

?Cause she aint got long to live

It?s so easy to say, ?I love you?

But it?s harder to forgive

Her father cried when I told him that Cara twice got knocked up

He said, ?Just like her mama, aha, she shows her body

When she wants to show love, she tried that stuff with me

And I beat her down, theres no way I could let her stay

Couldnt let her stick around ?

?Cause I tried so hard to raise her right

He said, ?What made her turn out this way?, I dont know

What made her turn out this way, I dont know, I dont know

And I said and I said and I said

Yo, mister hows your daughter?

You really ought to know, every thing

Every thing you taught her

Dont matter when shes all alone

But she needs you right now mister

She aint got long to live

It?s easy to say, ?I love you?

But it?s harder to forgive

(How?s your daughter tonight?)

Yo, mister hows your daughter?

(How?s your daughter tonight?)

Yo, mister hows your daughter?

(How?s your daughter tonight?)

Yo, mister hows your daughter?

(How?s your daughter tonight?)

Yo, mister hows your daughter?

(How?s your daughter tonight?)

１９８９年秋天　４５歲的美國黑人靈魂歌姬佩蒂拉貝爾（Patti LaBelle）推出第九張大碟〔Be Yourself／做你自己〕（MCA唱片）

雖然評價良好, 但銷售不佳

只登上美國專輯榜＃８６

首支單曲〔If You Asked Me To〕只升到美國流行榜＃７９

１９８９年７月  佩蒂推出第二首單曲［Yo Mister／吆,先生］

此曲由音樂鬼才王子（Prince）譜寫／製作　是首New Jack Swing風格歌曲

節拍強勁有力

雖然是兩大黑人音樂明星合作, 但因拉貝爾聲勢下滑, ［Yo Mister］並沒打入Billboard單曲榜, 但在副榜──黑人榜獲得佳績──＃６

這是佩蒂的快歌佳作之一

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SzEphA1jhKM

Audio

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UY9Iv6BZs0U

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=470TjXUQ_RU

Radio Version

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=I6h66Tc9u84

Live

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XJeulcN9QT4

Extended Remix

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YrvqI6UHxM8

Live

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SUGNeqZljqk