Letter to My Daughter

I said this shit might be the realest shit I ever wrote (Ayo, let me hear that KF) Might be the realest shit I ever quote (you're so LayZ) Yeah Letter to my daughter (yeah, yeah) I'm just tryna be your father (yeah) Ayy In the back of the Rolls-Royce, you can't enter with your shoes on Finna cop a Rolls-Royce car seat for my newborn Baby girl, you're blessed because I know some kids in group home Ain't seen you since the week that you was born, miss you in my arms Mom be on some complicated shit so I don't see you She put the police on me, at the end of the day, it hurt you Kinda hurt me too, never let life lessons break you Evaluate the mistake and just wait on your breakthrough All for you Clover, I turned over a new leaf But I get the type of treatment that belong to a deadbeat Know that God and the universe be workin' for me Seeing you growing up from afar tends to scare me Even though shit got rough, I'm still prayin' for your mama Hope you get the chance to see my grandpa and my grandma 'Cause they getting kinda old, and grandpa been getting sick So Mariah, if you hear this, can you please complete the wish? Please, no pity for a G I know I got a daughter that I barely get to see It haven't been a couple hours, it's been since the first week And lately, I been losing sleep and it's been hard for me to eat Last time I tried to see you, went to jail on that same day Fightin' two felonies 'bout you and I got another case If I shoot in the house that you in, take my breath away I never put my hands on no woman, wasn't raised that way Ayy, I wanted a child, just to have something to live for Now I'm dyin', just to see you, something that I'd kill for Tryna be a co-parent turned me into a no-parent Feeling like I'm transparent, what I tell your grandparents? I'd cut my feet off just to see your first steps Bad enough I wasn't in town to see your first breaths Might not hear your first words and it's hurtin' me to death Every time I try to do right, I get played to the left Never take it for granted, shit like changing your Pampers You're nothing less than a goddess You better not lower your standards A nigga call you somethin' else, bet I correct his grammar Any question that you got, I promise, I got the answer 'Nother nigga playing a role that I was given The feeling she might be calling him daddy Got me the sickest, so I'm trippin' If I slid on that boy and got the blicky, yeah, I'm trippin' Gotta separate my pride from my feelings Please, no pity for a G I know I got a daughter that I barely get to see It haven't been a couple hours, it's been since the first week And lately, I been losing sleep and it's been hard for me to eat I can't really call it pain 'cause I know this shit a process God give us challenges and see us make some progress Ain't nothing from this situation I can say I regret Wouldn't even hit a reset, learn something life ain't teach yet The walls start to close and this room gettin' smaller Laying in this room mama designed for my daughter Playing this tune that I designed for the fathers That's good fucking hearted but distant from they toddler Read books until you go to sleep Wake up, cook you something to eat Mold you to a baby G, just like your daddy Hope that you remember me, 'cause Brylie, you my mini-me Your mama my worst enemy, I'm praying she forgive a G Tryin' to put me on child support, all the child need is support Would've gave you more than child support could ever afford Long-term relations from short-term greed Just be careful what you pick when you the one that's in need Such a big miracle in such a little girl Never let them break your spirit in this physical world 'Cause you make the diamonds shine, more unique than a pearl And I knew that you was mine from your smile and your curls Letter to my daughter I'm just tryna be your father Letter to my daughter Please, no pity for a G I know I got a daughter that I barely get to see It haven't been a couple hours, it's been since the first week And lately, I been losing sleep and it's been hard for me to eat Please, no pity for a G I know I got a daughter that I barely get to see It haven't been a couple hours, it's been since the first week And lately, I been losing sleep and it's been hard for me to eat They say Black fathers don't matter, they say Black fathers don't care But more than anything, I'll always be there I love you