[00:00.48]So yo, today your birthday?
[00:04.35]Yea
[00:05.03]You sure?
[00:07.06]Daddy...
[00:08.17]I don''''t think today your birthday
[00:11.32]Then whatcha called me for?
[00:12.79]oh..I don''''t know I just called to see what ya doing
[00:16.30]what ya turn today? 19?
[00:20.35]no i am turning 10 daddy
[00:22.31]nah you turning what 32, yea you turning 32
[00:26.50]you must been away for a long time
[00:28.59]It feel like it don''''t it?
[00:31.01]yea
[00:32.05]yea, but I miss you though
[00:34.62]you miss me?
[00:36.03]YES! very much, I just wished you could be here
[00:39.46]Word?
[00:41.10]Yes
[00:42.19]ok I will be there soon
[00:45.11]You gonna be here tonight?
[00:46.52]No boo boo I ain''''t gonna be there tonight
[00:49.12]Awwww
[00:49.72]
[01:00.51]You, dontcha know i''''d die for ya
[01:08.07]I''''d lay out my life for ya (i would, die for)
[01:11.60]You, dontcha know i''''d die for ya
[01:19.09]I''''d lay out my life for ya (i would, die for, you)
[01:22.90]
[01:23.20]I remember feburary 27 1994
[01:26.98]Tryin to make it to the hospital through 3 inches of snow
[01:29.72]Somethings goin wrong i can tell but i dont know
[01:32.33]I got this feelin in my gut this aint how it supposed 2 go
[01:35.56]3 pounds 2 ounces and 2 months premature
[01:38.00]To the incubator is she gon make it? they aint sure
[01:40.78]Automatically i placed the blame on my health
[01:43.40]Hell im a father mayne, i placed the blame on myself
[01:46.30]Was it somethin that i smoked, did i eat or did i drink it
[01:49.25]Or was it somethin i was doin that i did or did i think it
[01:51.89]Watchin her breathe through a hose in her nose
[01:54.51]Whats this ckg machine, wats this shit on her toes
[01:57.10]This 94 im 85 so im spooked as can be
[01:59.80]Im prayin and im askin why he do this to me
[02:02.75]See, i used to hold you in the palm of my hand
[02:05.33]And jus to see you pull through,
[02:07.50]shit i knew you''''d pull through
[02:08.59]
[02:09.01]You, dontcha know i''''d die for ya
[02:15.96]I''''d lay out my life for ya (i would, die for)
[02:19.39]You, dontcha know i''''d die for ya
[02:26.91]I''''d lay out my life for ya (i would, die for, you)
[02:30.89]
[02:31.20]March the 2nd, 1999
[02:33.17]The yurrr and the date i got my little mine
[02:36.21]I guess i felt how my father felt and his father felt
[02:39.06]And his father must have felt to see hiself
[02:42.06]Its like a lil me in the flesh
[02:44.47]He got my blood and my heart in his chest
[02:47.23]Needless to say man i love him to death
[02:49.53]Teach him if he disrespect me im''''a love him to death
[02:52.48]Left to go outa town right after he was born
[02:55.03]Got a record deal 3 months later, daddy was gone
[02:57.64]Its like im tryin to raise him over the phone
[02:59.98]He barely kno my face when he see it but he know my tone
[03:03.72]Im up at night like do he know who his daddy is
[03:06.47]Im real close to sayin fuck the showbiz
[03:09.21]But when i hurr him call his daddy na
[03:11.34]And when i hurr him tell his friends
[03:12.93]i wanna be jus like my daddy na
[03:14.68]Hope he forgive me for the sacrifice
[03:17.20]So he can have a better life, than i had
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[03:20.11]You, dontcha know i''''d die for ya
[03:27.44]I''''d lay out my life for ya (i would, die for)
[03:30.90]You, dontcha know i''''d die for ya
[03:38.44]I''''d lay out my life for ya (i would, die for)
[03:41.93]You, dontcha know i''''d die for ya
[03:49.42]I''''d lay out my life for ya (i would, die for)
[03:52.91]You, dontcha know i''''d die for ya
[04:00.44]I''''d lay out my life for ya (i would, die for, you)