Letter to My Daughter

[00:00.06] Mommy, India got the beats
[00:07.26] Ooh, ooh, I, ooh-woah-ooh-oh
[00:10.03] Ooh, I, ooh-woah-ooh-woah
[00:15.15] I dedicate my whole heart to you, girl
[00:18.14] You the only one know how I feel
[00:19.61] Run it up just to buy the whole world
[00:21.56] I don't care if it cost a hundred mil'
[00:23.78] Want you to know you the only one
[00:25.61] Made me change the way that I live
[00:27.48] As a child, promise you will have fun
[00:29.35] You ain't gotta worry 'bout a dollar bill
[00:30.91] Bought a queen size crib for my baby
[00:33.23] Right by you, I'ma lay there
[00:34.61] Tell you some stories 'bout how your mama drive me crazy
[00:36.07] Crazy that your baby ridin' 'round in a Maybach
[00:38.69] Tellin' no to you, baby, I'll never say that
[00:40.60] Take you to the corner where I used to get paid at
[00:41.99] My heart got torn, you the one can replace that
[00:44.33] Day you were born, I wish that I could go replay that
[00:46.23] She gon' tell me she love me, no, I ain't gotta ask you
[00:47.88] Even though I'm on the road, I'm coming back to you
[00:49.95] Thought the key to my heart was that flag that's blue
[00:52.15] Keep it G from the start, you a bag on boo
[00:53.91] When I walk inside the door, she gon' know it's me
[00:55.90] I'ma tell her 'bout the days they ain't notice me
[00:57.62] I can feel you and you know I'm your Jodeci
[00:59.88] You got your name from overseas
[01:01.96] We don't do plain jane, get her new VV's
[01:03.93] Let her watch Dora on a big TV
[01:05.42] By the way I growed up, she ain't gotta see
[01:07.83] In the shower with your mama, girl, that's privacy
[01:09.99] She like the way my car crank up, vroom, ride
[01:12.38] Innocent princess in my eyes
[01:13.86] Brand new Rolex when you turn five
[01:15.85] You don't need no man, I'm by your side
[01:18.51] I dedicate my whole heart to you, girl
[01:21.35] You the only one know how I feel
[01:23.50] Run it up just to buy the whole world
[01:25.48] I don't care if it cost a hundred mil'
[01:27.46] Want you to know you the only one
[01:29.38] Made me change the way that I live
[01:31.34] As a child, promise you will have fun
[01:33.38] You ain't gotta worry 'bout a dollar bill
[01:35.12] (I'll dedicate my life to you girl) You know I'ma dedicate my life to you, baby girl
[01:39.25] You know it's just me, you, and these two double cups
[01:45.96] Listen up
[01:48.41] It's a true story, baby girl (I'll dedicate my life to you girl
[01:50.95] Bigger, swear I can't wait 'til she bigger
[01:53.75] Every time she quiet, daddy's girl gettin' paper
[01:56.03] Pop stickin' all these blues, you can call it father figures
[01:58.08] I'ma do whatever just to make you smile
[01:59.84] Search for you, walk a thousand miles
[02:01.39] Won't catch no tear comin' down my eyes
[02:03.82] Girl, you my gift, my winning prize
[02:06.14] And I'ma safe to say that it ain't safe to ride
[02:08.58] I have to speak the truth before I tell a lie
[02:10.55] They ever fuck with you, I swear they gonna die
[02:12.53] I'll do a hundred life just to feed my child
[02:14.14] Over-dedicated, I'm infatuated
[02:16.78] Do anything to see my girl situated
[02:18.35] I'm sorry I got in this situation
[02:20.45] I'ma blame it on the lean and the liquor, baby
[02:22.27] I'll dedicate my whole heart to you, girl
[02:25.02] You the only one know how I feel
[02:27.01] Run it up just to buy the whole world
[02:28.91] I don't care if it cost a hundred mil'
[02:30.84] Want you to know you the only one
[02:32.86] Made me change the way that I live
[02:34.62] As a child, promise you gon' have fun
[02:36.73] You ain't gotta worry 'bout a dollar bill
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[02:44.63] She like the way my car crank up, vroom, ride
[02:51.01] I dedicate my life to you, girl
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