Nelly - Die For You

So yo, today your birthday? Yea You sure? yea D... I don't think today your birthday Then whatchu called me for? oh..I don't know I just called to see whatchu was doin what ya turn today? Whutchu turn today? 19? no im turnin 10 daddy nah you turn what 32,32, you 32 today 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 wish you could be here Word? Yes ok I will be there soon aiight? You gonna be here tonight?!?! No boo boo I ain't gonna be there tonight Awwww... Yeahhhh, dontcha know i'd die for ya I layd out my life for ya (i would, die for) Youuuuuuu, dontcha know i'd die for ya I layd out my life for ya (i would, die for, you) I love you daddy! 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 to go 3 pounds 2 ounces and 2 months premature Straight to the incubator, is she gon make it? they aint sure Automatically, i placed the blame on my health Hell im a father man, 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 not think it Watchin her breathe through a hose in her nose Whats this EKG machine, whats this shit on her toes It's 94 i'm 85 so i'm 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 layd out my life for ya (i would, die for) You, dontcha know i'd die for ya I layd out my life for ya (i would, die for, you) March the 2nd, 1999 The yurrr and the date i got my lil man 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 never he disrespect me I'mma love him till death Left to go outta town right after he was born Got a record deal, 3 months later daddy was gone Its like im tryna raise him over the phone He barely know 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 now And when i hurr him tell his friends i wanna be juss like my daddy now 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 layd out my life for ya (i would, die for) You, dontcha know i'd die for ya I layd out my life for ya (i would, die for) You, dontcha know i'd die for ya I layd out my life for ya (i would, die for) You, dontcha know i'd die for ya I layd out my life for ya (i would, die for, you)