作曲 : Nelly & Soulshock & Karlin 作词 : HAYNES, CORNELIUS/KARLIN, KENNETH/SCHACK, CARSTEN So yo, today your birthday? Yea You sure? Daddy... I don't think today your birthday Then whatcha called me for? oh..I don't know I just called to see what ya doing what ya turn today? 19? no i am turning 10 daddy nah you turning what 32, yea you turning 32 you must been away for a long time It feel like it don't it? yea yea, but I miss you though you miss me? YES! very much, I just wished you could be here Word? Yes ok I will be there soon You gonna be here tonight? No boo boo I ain't gonna be there tonight You, dontcha know i'd die for ya I'd lay out my life for ya （i would, die for） You, dontcha know i'd die for ya I'd lay out my life for ya （i would, die for, you） I remember feburary 27 1994 Tryin to make it to the hospital through 3 inches of snow Somethings goin wrong i can tell but i dont know I got this feelin in my gut this aint how it supposed 2 go 3 pounds 2 ounces and 2 months premature To the incubator is she gon make it? they aint sure Automatically i placed the blame on my health Hell im a father mayne, i placed the blame on myself Was it somethin that i smoked, did i eat or did i drink it Or was it somethin i was doin that i did or did i think it Watchin her breathe through a hose in her nose Whats this ckg machine, wats this shit on her toes This 94 im 85 so im spooked as can be Im prayin and im askin why he do this to me See, i used to hold you in the palm of my hand And jus to see you pull through, shit i knew you'd pull through You, dontcha know i'd die for ya I'd lay out my life for ya （i would, die for） You, dontcha know i'd die for ya I'd lay out my life for ya （i would, die for, you） March the 2nd, 1999 The yurrr and the date i got my little mine I guess i felt how my father felt and his father felt And his father must have felt to see hiself Its like a lil me in the flesh He got my blood and my heart in his chest Needless to say man i love him to death Teach him if he disrespect me im'a love him to death Left to go outa town right after he was born Got a record deal 3 months later, daddy was gone Its like im tryin to raise him over the phone He barely kno my face when he see it but he know my tone Im up at night like do he know who his daddy is Im real close to sayin fuck the showbiz But when i hurr him call his daddy na And when i hurr him tell his friends i wanna be jus like my daddy na Hope he forgive me for the sacrifice So he can have a better life, than i had You, dontcha know i'd die for ya I'd lay out my life for ya （i would, die for） You, dontcha know i'd die for ya I'd lay out my life for ya （i would, die for） You, dontcha know i'd die for ya I'd lay out my life for ya （i would, die for） You, dontcha know i'd die for ya I'd lay out my life for ya （i would, die for, you） END