Legacy

I do it for my name sake Gotta make my name great I do it for the ones who gone hold me down when I can’t (Aye) Gotta make sure they remember me Every single part of me From the heart of me Cause this one’s for my legacy My Legacy Cause this ones for my legacy My legacy I promise you’ll remember me Remember me Every single part of me From the heart of me Cause this ones for my legacy I can remember how it felt, growing up without my pops And I remember how it felt when pops was struck out on them rocks Also remember the promise that I made to myself I’ll be a better dad unlike the one that was never there to help So when that day came and God blessed me with a son I cried to my wife as I held my son up in my arms Promised to love him forever and never leave him alone Gonna teach him how to be a man and treat a woman with his mom That's my legacy So every move that I make matters Cuz He sees the way I walk and he can hear all my chatter So when I’m dead and gone I want him to remember me Not for what I done on earth but that I done it for G O D I do it for my name sake Gotta make my name great I do it for the ones who gone hold me down when I can’t (Aye) Gotta make sure they remember me Every single part of me From the heart of me Cause this one’s for my legacy My Legacy Cause this ones for my legacy My legacy I promise you’ll remember me Remember me Every single part of me From the heart of me Cause this ones for my legacy This one's for my youngest, and this ones for my little girl My wild child my miss priss my little one with all the curls Miss Olivia Brooke you a blessing and that's for sho Was so tiny and so frail so moms always kept you close And Held you tight (held you tight) but that's what we’ve all done Mom Even almost got in a fight when that Lady tried to touch her lil one From the countless stares and comments on how pretty you stay To them long long nights cause you stay up way to late One day you’ll grow up and a young man will come in yo life Hope you know your worth the world and make sho he treats you right Cuz when I’m dead and gone I want you to remember me Not for what I done on earth but that I done it for G O D I do it for my name sake Gotta make my name great I do it for the ones who gone hold me down when I can’t (Aye) Gotta make sure they remember me Every single part of me From the heart of me Cause this one’s for my legacy My Legacy Cause this ones for my legacy My legacy I promise you’ll remember me Remember me Every single part of me From the heart of me Cause this ones for my legacy Whats a legacy, it’s something that people remember you by Whats a man to be, someone that looks after his family I Don’t take it for granted, granted i aint have the best example Granted, I mess up but man I gladly carry that mantle I place up on my shoulders, and get to stepping like im supposed to So tell dad I made it without him doing all the things he was sposed to Cuz that addiction was more important than his 2 sons his daughter and wife He was strung out and haunted by the terrors of the night How many kids grow up the same, without a decent example to live by Mom Dad lost to the streets, been on they own since they was a small fry Know I feel your pain and we not blood but I got ya back I do it for a couple reasons, my legacy and you're a part of that I do it for my name sake Gotta make my name great I do it for the ones who gone hold me down when I can’t (Aye) Gotta make sure they remember me Every single part of me From the heart of me Cause this one’s for my legacy My Legacy Cause this ones for my legacy My legacy I promise you’ll remember me Remember me Every single part of me From the heart of me Cause this ones for my legacy