 The song was leaked onto the internet in later October 2009 with several preliminary tracks from Raymond v. Raymond . " Hey Daddy ( Daddy 's Home ) " , one of the tracks that follows @-@ up Usher 's divorce , and the change in content from Here I Stand , back to Confessions @-@ style , was one of six tracks co @-@ written by Rico Love for the album . In an exclusive with Rap @-@ Up , Love said of Usher 's return to that style , " I feel like he ’ s got his mind right and it ’ s focused . He went through a lot . He had lost his father when he was creating the Here I Stand record , a lot of controversy with his marriage , he had kids , he parted ways with his mother ’ s management , and there were just a lot of things going on and he kind of lost focus . It ’ s not like Here I Stand wasn ’ t a good album . I just feel like he lost touch with his demographic . " According to MTV News , the song provides the reasons behind Usher 's crumbling marriage as narrated in " Papers " . The remix version featuring Plies made its way onto the internet in late November , a few days before the song 's radio and digital release . 
