| This is a letter to my son
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| In case I happen to past
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| And he’ll never even here it
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| If I happen to last
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| And I damn sure plan on it
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| By any means -- it’s bigger than me
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| And I provide for my family
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| My son is my pride
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| Now I open my eyes
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| He got my peanut head
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| Exactly the same eyes
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| He was born 3 weeks ago
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| I watched him breathe
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| If is daddy don’t make it
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| Lord watch him please
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| I’m coppin' please
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| Cause son it ain’t safe out here
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| Everybody wanna see a brotha break out here
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| It’s rules to life
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| Baby boy play it carefully
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| I know how to love you
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| Cause nobody wasn’t there for me
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| A site to see
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| You was the reflection of me
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| A lesson to me
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| Better yet a blessin' to me
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| The best of me
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| I give you my all
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| Picture life without you
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| Ain’t living at all
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| I give my life for yours
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| Cause now I’m living for you
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| I did it all for you
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| It all belongs to you
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| I give my life for yours
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| Cause now I’m living for you
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| I did it all for you
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| It all belongs to you
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| This is a letter to my son
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| God forbid I die
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| All the answers right here
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| Neva ask 'em why
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| Don’t cry
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| Neva let life past you by
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| Even though you can’t see me
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| Son I’m by ya side
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| (Young Noble)
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| Noble be yo own man
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| Don’t follow nobody
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| Get locked up
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| You know who care? |
| -- Nobody
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| Souljah life ain’t fair
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| I’m tellin' you now
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| It might not be nobody there tryna help you out
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| First of all you learn from ya own mistakes
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| The right one you take
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| The wrong one you make
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| Second of all Imma tell you the truth
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| Nine out of ten times I’ll show you proof
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| Tell it to you un-cut
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| How it’s 'suppossed to be
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| Make sure I always keep you close to me
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| Respect ya mama to the fullest
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| She had you boy
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| She tell you to do something
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| Be glad to boy
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| And ya sister too
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| And the same for ya Grandmother
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| When nobody else love ya
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| Ya family want cha'
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| Lil older --- you see what I mean
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| Everybody want a piece of this American Dream
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| Outlawz don’t die we just spread the love
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| Sometimes ya gotta go to war
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| But it’s better to love
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| Outlawz don’t die we just spread the love
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| Sometimes ya gotta go to war
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| But it’s better to love
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| (Young Noble)
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| On ya journey into manhood watch the signs
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| And the only thing that don’t stop is time
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| And the only love that don’t stop is mine
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| Neva let nobody try to stop ya shine
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| You was born to be a souljah
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| So use ya brain
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| Inherited from ya daddy
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| Better use ya game
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| You got nothin' to lose
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| And everything to gain
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| Son ya daddy write rhymes cause it deal with pain
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| Still the fact remain
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| That I love you to death
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| And can’t nothin' separate us
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| Not even death
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| Family first
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| Everything else is second
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| And ya uncle Pac told me how to sell these recordz
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| Puttin' food on the table for my family to see
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| When you grow up
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| You try to be better then me
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| Stay away from the law
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| And the world is yours
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| Want something -- go get it
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| And you call it yours |