A LETTER TO MY DAUGHTER

Baby, mama showed me pictures, you got my eyes now Front teeth missin', smile wide, you so fly now You ask when I'm comin' home, I don't know what to say [Chorus] If the world get cold, be the sun, keep beamin' If they doubt your name, tell 'em daddy still dreamin' One day this gate gon' open, I gon' run, no leavin' Till then, keep my picture, I'm comin' home, believin' If I never make it home, want you know I was brave So I'm sendin' all my heart, till I get it all back Now I count wrong nights tryna get it all right *[Verse 1 - 8]* Baby girl, daddy writin' from a cold cell floor Calendar on the wall, 4 years plus more You was 2 when they took me, now you 6 and you grown Teacher say you smart, that you readin' on your own Sorry I missed birthdays, sorry I missed braids I been thinkin' bout your laugh, how you light up a room Cellmate ask me why I cry with this paper on my chest Tell him it's my daughter, that's the air in my chest