Chords with lyrics
♫ Intro:
F minorFm Eb MajorEb DbDb Db Eb MajorEb F minorFm x4
I said this shit might be the realest shit I ever wrote (Ayo, let me hear that KF)
Might be the realest shit I ever quote (You're so lazy)
Yeah
Letter to my daughter (Yeah, yeah)
I'm just tryna be your father (Yeah)
Ayy
VERSE ONE:
F minorFm Eb MajorEb DbDb
In the back of the Rolls Royce, you came to with your shoes on
DbDb
Finna cop a Rolls Royce car seat for my newborn
DbDb Eb MajorEb F minorFm
Baby girl, you're blessed because I know some kids in group home
F minorFm
Ain't seen you sincе the week that you was born, miss you in my arms
F minorFm Eb MajorEb DbDb
Mom be on some complicatеd shit so I don't see you
DbDb
She put the police on me, at the end of the day, it hurt you
DbDb Eb MajorEb F minorFm
Kinda hurt me too, never let life lessons break you
F minorFm
Evaluate the mistake and just wait on your breakthrough
F minorFm Eb MajorEb DbDb
All for you Clover, I turned over a new leaf
DbDb
But I get the type of treatment that belong to a deadbeat
DbDb Eb MajorEb F minorFm
Know that God and the universe be workin' for me
F minorFm
Seeing you grow up from afar tends to scare me
F minorFm Eb MajorEb DbDb
Even though shit got rough, I'm still prayin' for your mama
DbDb
Hope you get the chance to see my grandpa and my grandma
Eb MajorEb F minorFm
'Cause they getting kinda old, and grandpa been getting sick
F minorFm
So Mariah, if you hear this, can you please complete the wish
♫ Chorus:
F minorFm Eb MajorEb DbDb
Please, no pity for a G+G
DbDb
I know I got a daughter that I barely get to see
DbDb Eb MajorEb F minorFm
It haven't been a couple hours, it's been since the first week
F minorFm
And lately, I been losing sleep and it's been hard for me to eat
VERSE TWO:
F minorFm Eb MajorEb DbDb
Last time I tried to see you, went to jail on that same day
DbDb
Fightin' two felonies 'bout you and I got another case
DbDb Eb MajorEb F minorFm
If I shoot in the house that you in, take my breath away
F minorFm
I never put my hands on no woman, wasn't raised that way (Ayy)
F minorFm Eb MajorEb DbDb
I wanted a child, just to have something to live for
DbDb
Now I'm dyin', just to see you, something that I'd kill for
DbDb Eb MajorEb F minorFm
Tryna be a co parent turned me into a no parent
F minorFm
Feeling like a transparent, what I tell your grandparents
F minorFm Eb MajorEb DbDb
I'd cut my feet off just to see your first steps
DbDb
Bad enough I wasn't in town to see your first breaths
DbDb Eb MajorEb F minorFm
Might not hear your first words and it's hurtin' me to death
F minorFm
Every time I try to do right, I get played to the left
F minorFm Eb MajorEb DbDb
Never take it for granted, shit like changing your Pampers
DbDb
You're nothing less than a goddess, you better not lower your standards
DbDb Eb MajorEb F minorFm
A augmentedA nigga call your somethin' else, bet I correct his grammar
F minorFm
Any question that you got, I promise, I got the answer
F minorFm Eb MajorEb
'Nother nigga playing a role that I was given
DbDb
A augmentedA feeling she might be calling him daddy,
DbDb
got me the sickest, so I'm trippin'
DbDb Eb MajorEb F minorFm
If I slid on that boy and got the blicky, yeah, I'm tripping
F minorFm
Gotta separate my pride from my feelings
♫ Chorus:
F minorFm Eb MajorEb DbDb
Please, no pity for a G+G
DbDb
I know I got a daughter that I barely get to see
DbDb Eb MajorEb F minorFm
It haven't been a couple hours, it's been since the first week
F minorFm
And lately, I been losing sleep and it's been hard for me to eat
VERSE THREE:
F minorFm Eb MajorEb DbDb
I can't really call it pain 'cause I know this shit a process
DbDb
God give us challenges and see us make some progress
DbDb Eb MajorEb F minorFm
And nothing from this situation I can say I regret
F minorFm
Wouldn't even hit a reset, learn something life ain't teach yet
F minorFm Eb MajorEb DbDb
The walls start to close and this room gettin' smaller
DbDb
Laying in this room mama designed for my daughter
DbDb Eb MajorEb F minorFm
Playing this tune that I designed for the fathers
F minorFm
that's good fucking hearted but distant from they toddler
F minorFm Eb MajorEb
Read books until you go to sleep
DbDb
Wake up, cook you something to eat
DbDb
Mould you to a baby G, just like your daddy
Eb MajorEb F minorFm
Hope that you remember me, 'cause Brylie, you my mini me
F minorFm
Your mama my worst enemy, I'm praying she forgive a G+G
Eb MajorEb DbDb
Tryna put me on child support, all the child need is support
DbDb Eb MajorEb
Would've gave you more than child support could ever afford
F minorFm
Long term relationships from short term greed
F minorFm
Just be careful what you pick when you the one that's in need
Eb MajorEb DbDb
Such a big miracle in such a little girl
DbDb
Never let them break your spirit in this physical world
Eb MajorEb F minorFm
'Cause you make the diamonds shine, more unique than a pearl
F minorFm
And I knew that you was mine from your smile and your curls
♫ Bridge:
Letter to my daughter
I'm just tryna be your father
Letter to my daughter
♫ Chorus:
Please, no pity for a G+G
I know I got a daughter that I barely get to see
It haven't been a couple hours, it's been since the first week
And lately, I been losing sleep and it's been hard for me to eat
Please, no pity for a G+G
I know I got a daughter that I barely get to see
It haven't been a couple hours, it's been since the first week
And lately, I been losing sleep and it's been hard for me to eat
♫ Outro:
They say Black fathers don't matter, they say Black fathers don't care
But more than anything, I'll always be there
I love you