Question: What inspired you to write 'Should I Be Blamed?' How did you feel writing it?
Mercy: It is not really about me. Though some aspects could be from my experience. It is about my generation...I see fathers neglecting their roles and it breaks my heart. When I was at university, I would see young girls dating our fathers and I would wonder why...but listening to them, I understood it is a longing for a father figure in their life.
When people listen to the first stanzas they may ask, "is Mercy encouraging cross generational sex?" But when you read further, you understand it is a call to action for fathers to uphold their duties. When they do not fulfill their responsibilities, their children are the ones blamed for going astray, yet it all goes back to them.
Mercy: It is not really about me. Though some aspects could be from my experience. It is about my generation...I see fathers neglecting their roles and it breaks my heart. When I was at university, I would see young girls dating our fathers and I would wonder why...but listening to them, I understood it is a longing for a father figure in their life.
When people listen to the first stanzas they may ask, "is Mercy encouraging cross generational sex?" But when you read further, you understand it is a call to action for fathers to uphold their duties. When they do not fulfill their responsibilities, their children are the ones blamed for going astray, yet it all goes back to them.
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