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I said this shit might be the realest ■
Intro
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■ ■ shit I ever wrote
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Might be the realest shit I ever ■ quote
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Yeah ■ ■ Letter to my daughter ■ ■
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I'm just tryna be your father ■ ■ ■
Verse
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Ayy ■ In the back of the RollsRoyce you can't enter with your shoes on
Db
Finna cop a RollsRoyce car seat for my newborn
Fm
Baby girl you're blessed because I know some kids in group home
Fm7 Fm
Ain't seen you since the week that you was born miss you in my arms
Fm7 Db
Mom be on some complicated shit so I don't see you
Db
She put the police on me at the end of the day it hurt you
Eb Fm
Kinda hurt me too never let life lessons break you
Fm
Evaluate the mistake and just wait on your breakthrough
Db
All for you Clover I turned over a new leaf
Db
But I get the type of treatment that belong to a deadbeat
Fm
Know that God and the universe be workin' for me
Fm
Seeing you growing up from afar tends to scare me
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Even though shit got rough I'm still prayin' for your mama
Db
Hope you get the chance to see my grandpa and my grandma
Fm
'cause they getting kinda old and grandpa been getting sick
Eb
So Mariah if you hear this can you please complete the wish
Db
Please no pity for a G
Db
I know I got a daughter that I barely get to see
Chorus
Fm7
It haven't been a couple hours it's been since the first week
Fm
And lately I been losing sleep and it's been hard for me to eat
Db
Last time I tried to see you went to jail on that same day
Db
Fightin' two felonies 'bout you and I got another case
Fm
If I shoot in the house that you in take my breath away
Fm
I never put my hands on no woman wasn't raised that way
Verse
Eb Db
Ayy I wanted a child just to have something to live for
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Now I'm dyin' just to see you something that I'd kill for
Fm
Tryna be a coparent turned me into a noparent
Fm
Feeling like I'm transparent what I tell your grandparents
Eb Db
I'd cut my feet off just to see your first steps
Db
Bad enough I wasn't in town to see your first breaths
Fm
Might not hear your first words and it's hurtin' me to death
Fm
Every time I try to do right I get played to the left
Db
Never take it for granted shit like changing your Pampers
You're nothing less than a goddess
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You better not lower your standards
Eb Fm
A nigga call you somethin' else bet I correct his grammar
Fm
Any question that you got I promise I got the answer
'nother nigga playing a role that I was given
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The feeling she might be calling him daddy
Db
Got me the sickest so I'm trippin'
Eb
If I slid on that boy and got the blicky yeah I'm trippin'
Fm
Gotta separate my pride from my feelings ■
Chorus
Db
Please no pity for a G
Db
I know I got a daughter that I barely get to see
Fm7
It haven't been a couple hours it's been since the first week
Fm7
And lately I been losing sleep and it's been hard for me to eat
Db
I can't really call it pain 'cause I know this shit a process
Db
God give us challenges and see us make some progress
Eb Fm
Ain't nothing from this situation I can say I regret
Fm
Wouldn't even hit a reset learn something life ain't teach yet
Db
The walls start to close and this room gettin' smaller
Db
Laying in this room mama designed for my daughter
Eb
Playing this tune that I designed for the fathers
Fm
That's good fucking hearted but distant from they toddler
Verse
Eb
Read books until you go to sleep
Fm
Wake up cook you something to eat
Db
Mold you to a baby G just like your daddy
Eb Fm
Hope that you remember me 'cause Brylie you my minime
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Your mama my worst enemy I'm praying she forgive a G
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Tryin' to put me on child support all the child need is support
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Would've gave you more than child support could ever afford
Fm
Longterm relations from shortterm greed
Fm
Just be careful what you pick when you the one that's in need
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Such a big miracle in such a little girl
Db
Never let them break your spirit in this physical world
Fm
'cause you make the diamonds shine more unique than a pearl
Fm Eb
And I knew that you was mine from your smile and your curls
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Letter ■ ■ ■
Chorus
to my daughter
I'm just tryna be your father
Db
Letter to my daughter
DbM7
Please no pity for a G
Eb
I know I got a daughter that I barely get to see
DbM7 Eb Fm
It haven't been a couple hours it's been since the first week
Fm
And lately I been losing sleep and it's been hard for me to eat
Db
Please no pity for a G
Db
I know I got a daughter that I barely get to see
Eb Fm7
It haven't been a couple hours it's been since the first week
Fm
And lately I been losing sleep and it's been hard for me to eat
Db Db
They say Black fathers don't matter ■ they say Black fathers don't care ■
Fm
But more than anything I'll always be there
Fm
I love you
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