Letter to My Son

[Verse 1] I had to do bad, so you can do better I was locked in the pen when I wrote you this letter But you was way too young, don't understand no evil and no better It's time that I tell you who I am, so I can protect you [Pre-Chorus] 'Cause a bad role model is something I can't afford to be (To you) 'Cause only me and God knows what I did just to eat [Chorus] I steal for you, I deal for you That's what I did for you To get a meal for you Nearly died for you Did the time for you I survived for you To provide for you All this for you Did this for you All that I do I do for you [Post-Chorus] So you don't have to... So you don't have to... So you don't have to... So you don't have to... [Verse 2] Made a couple trips home Had a couple bricks on me And always kept a stick on me Can't let 'em make a victim of me Risk my life for you Dodging blue lights for you Working overnight for you So you're growing up to be just like me [Pre-Chorus] A bad role model is something I can't afford to be (To you) Only me and God knows what I did just to eat [Chorus] I steal for you, I deal for you That's what I did for you To get a meal for you Nearly died for you Did the time for you I survived for you To provide for you All this for you Did this for you All that I do I do for you [Post-Chorus] So you don't have to... So you don't have to... So you don't have to... So you don't have to... [Bridge] Did it so you don't have to Did it all so that you never have to (Oh, no, no, no) Did it so you don't have to (Don't do it) Did it all so that you never have to (Oh, no, no, no) Did it so you don't have to (I did it) Did it all so that you never have to (Oh, no, no, no) Did it so you don't have to (Don't do it) Did it all so that you never have to [Chorus] I steal for you, I deal for you That's what I did for you To get a meal for you Nearly died for you Did the time for you I survived for you To provide for you All this for you Did this for you All that I do I do for you