Dear John (MC Lyte song)
| "Dear John" | ||||
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| Single by MC Lyte featuring Common & 10Beats | ||||
| from the album Legend | ||||
| Released | September 10, 2014 | |||
| Genre | Conscious Rap | |||
| Length | 3:20 | |||
| Label | Sunni Gyrl Inc. | |||
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| Producer(s) | Loudbox | |||
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| "Dear John" on YouTube | ||||
"Dear John" is a single by MC Lyte featuring Common & 10Beats from her subsequent eighth solo album Legend.
The song seeks to give a positive message about maintaining a father-son relationship and also serves as the official anthem of #EducateOURMen, the scholarship arm of the MC Lyte foundation's Hip Hop Sisters Network. It chart on the real-time US Billboard + Twitter Trending 140, where it peaked No. 3, being Lyte's first solo work to appear on a chart since her album Da Undaground Heat, Vol. 1.