Baby Boy

I gotta open up for a minute
Feeling at the end of my limit
God's the one to bare witness
What challenges my spirit

So many doubts and fears
It hurts seeing my son's tears
What's this sacrifice worth
Life changed after his birth

Tony Daddy wants to provide better
My pain written in a letter
You're the reason why I continue
So much innocence within you

I'm trying hard to protect it
Sometimes I feel really desperate
At times it's hard to admit
When I feel so separate

I gotta be real but I'm scared
Feelings your Mother and I shared
It seems so easy to dream
It's hard to paddle going up stream

Someday you'll understand what I mean
I'm from a side where grass ain't green
My life was changed at fifteen
Why didn't God intervene

I was lost without purpose
No emotions beneath the surface
Until the day I met your mother
She wasn't like any other

She saw more than just the cover
Went from a friend to a lover
April twenty-eighteen
Life had a change of scene

I cried hearing you breathe
Rejoiced hearing you seethe
With so much raw emotion
I had to get my life in motion

Honestly I didn't have a plan
I was one man with two hands
And I knew I had to build
For a life to be fulfilled

I didn't have that many skills
Stressing formula and bills
Daddy knew what he had to choose
It was time to lace up these shoes

Studying hard for a CDL
I just wanted to do well
Baby Boy you're the reason for my purpose
I used to feel like I was worthless

I'll love you 'til my dying day
I try hard to live by what I say
You were molded from my clay
It hurts when I drive away

I'll love you 'til my dying day
I try hard to live by what I say
You were molded from my clay
It hurts when I drive away

I see greatness in your eyes
My blessing sent from the skies
You're forever in my heart
My inspiration for this art

I see greatness in your eyes
My blessing sent from the skies
You're forever in my heart
My inspiration for this art