Die For You

You, don't ya know I'd die for ya I'd lay down my life for ya (i would, die for) You, don't ya know I'd die for ya I'd lay down my life for ya (i would, die for, you) I remember February 27 1994 Trying to make it to the hospital through three inches of snow Somethings going wrong I can tell but I don't know I got this feeling in my gut this ain't how I supposed to go Three pounds two ounces and two months premature To the incubator is she going make it they ain't sure Automatically I placed the blame on my health Hell I'm a father man, I placed the blame on myself Was it something that I smoked, did I eat or did I drink it Or was it something I was doing that I did or did I think it Watching her breathe through her holes in her nose What's this CKG machine, whats this shit on her toes This 94 I'm 85 so I'm spooked as can be I'm praying and I'm asking why he do this to me See, I used to hold you in the palm of my hand And just to see you pull through, shit I knew you'd pull through You, don't ya know I'd die for ya I'd lay down my life for ya (i would, die for) You, don't ya know I'd die for ya I'd lay down my life for ya (i would, die for, you) March the 2nd, 1999 The year 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 himself 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 I'm'a love him to death Left to go out of town right after he was born Got a record deal three months later, daddy was gone Its like I'm trying to raise him over the phone He barely know my face when he see it but he know my tone I'm up at night like do he know who his daddy is I'm real close to saying fuck the showbiz But when I here him call his daddy na And when I here him tell his friends I want to be jus like my daddy na Hope he forgive me for the sacrifice So he can have a better life, than I had You, don't ya know I'd die for ya I'd lay down my life for ya (i would, die for) You, don't ya know I'd die for ya I'd lay down my life for ya (i would, die for, you) You, don't ya know I'd die for ya I'd lay down my life for ya (i would, die for) You, don't ya know I'd die for ya I'd lay down my life for ya (i would, die for, you) --- Die for You - Nelly