| I dedicate this song to all the kids out there |
| Growing up without they father in they life |
| That’s some real serious shit |
| Y’all listen |
| I know I’m not perfect but I strive to be |
| Feel it |
| I met you at only five months, spittin image of a one night stand |
| Between woman and man |
| Beautiful baby girl, not a worry in the world |
| I see the sun rise in your innocent eyes and I’m hypnotized |
| Lemme tell you bout life and bout the way it is |
| Oh this world ain’t nothing like folks say it is |
| Lemme protect you from these years to come |
| Bout a fairy tale life far away from the slums |
| You’ll be mines if I could rewind time |
| You know me so long though, you got them killer eyes of mine |
| When you get older you understand |
| Especially when your peers tell you mac was one hell of a man |
| I never met your real dad |
| And I never meant for this to make a nigga feel bad |
| And that’s my word, you couldn’t understand the essence and this I know |
| Cause I was there to watch you grow |
| Is you feeling me |
| Daddy do you love me and if so |
| Why you wasn’t there to hug me and watch me grow |
| Daddy do you love me and if so |
| Why you wasn’t there to hug me and watch me grow |
| Daddy do you love me and if so |
| Why you wasn’t there to hug me and watch me grow |
| This is what it sound like |
| Growing up without your godfather in your life |
| Young black male growing up without a father figure |
| Ha ha ha, makes it that much harder nigga |
| Trying to be a man with no example of a man |
| Mama doing what she can but she can’t show you how to be a man |
| And this is where we break down |
| We used to be cops and robbers, turn into shake down |
| Now we living like rebels, born killers |
| We born to be kings and queens nigga, on the reala |
| I know that you and your baby mama can’t get along |
| But there’s no excuse, so leave the kid alone |
| Cause ain’t nothing like the birth of a child |
| A blessing in disguise, the girls, the guys with they daddy’s eyes |
| And think about this before you abandon them |
| The people they try and can’t even having one |
| Before you say I’m preaching and you don’t wan' hear it |
| Take a look in the mirror, can you feel it |
| Daddy do you love me and if so |
| Why you wasn’t there to hug me and watch me grow |
| Daddy do you love me and if so |
| Why you wasn’t there to hug me and watch me grow |
| Daddy do you love me and if so |
| Why you wasn’t there to hug me and watch me grow |
| This is what it sound like |
| Growing up without your godfather in your life |
| Daddy do you love me and if so |
| Why you wasn’t there to hug me and watch me grow |
| Daddy do you love me and if so |
| Why you wasn’t there to hug me and watch me grow |
| Daddy do you love me and if so |
| Why you wasn’t there to hug me and watch me grow |
| This is what it sound like |
| Growing up without your godfather in your life |