[Chorus 2X]
Don´t hate me shawty
But even if you hate me shawty
I still love you
And now I only wish that you could
See that my intentions were good
I still love you

[Verse 1]
Forgave me once, forgave me twice, forgave me three times
I stayed lyin´, you stayed down in the meantime
Had my son and turned around and had another one
I broke yo heart when I told you bout the other one
I stay in trouble ha? Ain´t got too much to loose
Knew I could loose it all but never thought of losin´ you
Eleven years ago I still regret me choosin´ you
Meetin´ you, pursuin´ you and doin´ you in ´92
You fixed plates, showed yo face at every courtdate
And all you wanted me to do was call when I was out late
How could I let you go? I thought I knew it all
When you deserved the best and more, you been through it all
So you think I sold yo dreams, but what I say I mean
Just take it to consideration, I was 17
I´m still the same man, just had a change of plan
Never ask you back and fuck a wedding band
But I still love you

[Repeat Chorus 1 w/ ad libs]

[Verse 2]
Went from resentin´ you, hatin´ you, now I´m missin´ you
On the realest shit I ever dropped, listen pops
I never even thought, to ask my mom what happened
Just knew that you was livin´ in Manhattan and I was trappin´
We never had a chance, we was in different states
But I´ll forgive it, you was human and we make mistakes
You tried to make it up, but shit, you couldn´t pay enough
You sent me tons of toys and clothes thinkin´ you gave enough
But it wasn´t though, and you wasn´t there
That´s all I knew, so I grew up thinkin´ you ain´t care
I know it wasn´t fair, but ay, it wasn´t fun
But now what´s done is done, no matter wha, I´m still yo son
I could care less if none of yo other children come
I´ma be right there prayin´ you live to be a million one
Finally I understand, hustlin´, livin´ fast
Tryin´ to get the cash and settle down and be a dad
You probably never knew, cuz hey, I never said it
But pops, I´m just like you, I´m stubborn and I´m hardheaded
But now you dead in the ground, no meanin´ tellin´ you now
But all I wanted was for you to be proud
I still love you

[Chorus]
Don´t hate me shawty
If I ain´t told you lately shawty
I still love you
Now I only wish that I could
See that yo intentions were good
I still love you
Don´t hate me shawty
Please don´t hate me shawty
Ay, I still love you
And now I only wish that I could
See that yo intentions were good

[Verse 3]
How could I criticize my daddy on that last verse
Lookin´ at my own dirt, you got some nerve
But be that as it may, I got some shit to say
It´s been a secret, I can´t keep it for another day
I got a lil´ girl, not just two lil´ boys
And that´s been killin´ me inside, eatin´ me alive
And I can´t find the words, nor the nouns or verbs
To express whachu deserve, girl you worth the world
But I´m a man and I ain´t perfect, if you hear me now
I´ll tell you wha had happened, when, why, when, how
Me and yo mama met, we kinda kicked it off
But we wasn´t ´posed to have a baby, we just chillin´ out
We had a lot in common, almost the same sign
Same goals, said thangs at the same time
But then we destroyed the situation like the a changed mind
How could I look her in her eyes and holla dat aint mine
Her stomach gettin´ bigger, and time is gettin´ close
Six, seven, eight, nine months and I ain´t told mah folks
Not just messiah mama, hell, I had told yo granny
Three kids in two years, baby, daddy had it
But I ain´t ashamed of you, I´m more ashamed of me
It´s not at all yo fault, you´d be better off blamin´ me
But now I realize, where the problem lies
Forgive me babygirl, I apologize
And I still love you

[Chorus 2X]
Don´t hate me shawty
Please don´t hate me shawty
Cuz I still love you
Now I only wish that you could
See that my intentions were good