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