Father's Day

English translation

God said, "I'll take care of it," I said, "Amen"

God said, "Just believe whatever you do"

And I'm promising to never stop believing

Uh, uh, uh, uh

In whatever I do, whatever I do, whatever I do, uh

This just a letter to my daddy

I know forever that you got me

We gon' always stick together, you my rappy

Uh, yeah, you know how we steppin' for the family

I'm just tryna give you your flowers while you still here

The type of shit that make a grown man shed a real tear

Lettin' my son down, that's somethin' that I still fear

Trenches gun sounds, somethin' that I still hear, uh

I can't lie, my pride too strong to let you waste away

You been my hero for so long, hopin' I can save the day

But where I'm from, we rockin' hoodies, bitch, this ain't a cape

Addiction hard, I know that's somethin' you just can't escape

Tryna just make a hit, just add it to my catalog

I went from Xans, Percs, and X pills to Adderall

Ever since a kid, I seen you trippin' off that alcohol

And in the hood, I seen too many from that battle fall, uh

Deadbeats can lead to death, that's a scary sequence

My pops was there, he never left me wonderin' where he went

I'm forever grateful for the time that we spent

So I can only thank you to the fullest extent

This just a letter to my daddy

I know forever that you got me

We gon' always stick together, you my rappy

Uh, yeah, you know how we steppin' for the family

I'm just tryna give you your flowers while you still here

The type of shit that make a grown man shed a real tear

Lettin' my son down, that's somethin' that I still fear

Trenches gun sounds, somethin' that I still hear, uh

(This just a letter to my daddy)

Ay, I'm four days before my 19th birthday

A lot of my friends didn't have a father

That's the reality of where I'm from, shit, I didn't have one

Like my father was pretty inconsistent, I know him and I love him

And you know that really instilled in me to be a man for my kid, you know what I'm saying?

To sti-, to stick around and watch him

I used to rap when I'd be with my pops

And we'd be on the block with his homies, and I'd be rapping, like

And they'd just be laughing at me and shit

Yeah, he used to bust a lil' rhyme and-

And I'd just sit back and laugh at him, you know what I'm saying?

'Cause I know he just emulating the things I put him up on (I know forever that you got me)

God said, "I'll take care of it," I said, "Amen"

God said, "Just believe whatever you do"

And I'm promising to never stop believing

In whatever I do, whatever I do, whatever I do