There For You (feat. Stash Jonez)

To my nephews, just know that I care for you I'll do my best to protect and be there for you Life ain't easy, but as long as I'm alive You got someone to call on, my arms are open wide To my nephews, just know that I care for you I'll do my best to protect and be there for you Life ain't easy, but as long as I'm alive You got someone to call on, on me you can rely To my nephews, Ryan and Drew This is Uncle Matthew here talking to you Wow, a topic like this is new Already getting teary eyed as I'm writing this tune Well first, thank you for making me an uncle And understand the process of watching a child grow When I can't know for certain if I'll ever have my own Cause love these days is kinda hard, you know Your mother got lucky finding your daddy They're never apart, they just a part of who you are They FaceTime like every day And even when I'm down, you put a smile on my face Ryan, I know you'll be a great big bro Your lil' bro on the way He's gonna look up to you as his hero, you won't need a cape I'm watching you grow, way too fast man Slow down, damn, you know so much I'm starting to think you know more than I do You're two making lunch, basically yourself Full convos as you munch To my nephews, just know that I care for you I'll do my best to protect and be there for you Life ain't easy, but as long as I'm alive You got someone to call on, my arms are open To my nephews, just know that I care for you I'll do my best to protect and be there for you Life ain't easy, but as long as I'm alive You got someone to call on, on me you can rely And as you grow and hit them school years, Ryan, you must stay strong Guide your lil' brother, take the wheel, steer him from the wrong You're bound to be picked on because this world got so cold You get bullied and you just tell me I don't care how old them little punks are Uncle Matt will be here, questions, asked none at all You won't ever be treated how I was on my watch at all And Drew, the day gon' come where you grew Just as much, stand your ground, don't let them hit you Like sucker punches And boys, there's gonna be days that you feel down Thunder and rain gon' be loud, the tears will start falling down But just know I'm proud of both of you and I say this now Because one day I might not get the chance to say it aloud You see, things can happen at a moment's notice You don't know when your life is gonna become hocus pocus You don't know when it goes abracadabra and goes away But whether alive or dead, I love you both from the grave To my nephews, just know that I care for you I'll do my best to protect and be there for you Life ain't easy, but as long as I'm alive You got someone to call on, my arms are open wide To my nephews, just know that I care for you I'll do my best to protect and be there for you Life ain't easy, but as long as I'm alive You got someone to call on, on me you can rely I don't plan on going nowhere no time soon, so try not to worry about it But this world's really unpredictable, so I just wanna say that Thank you both for making me an uncle and a godfather to you, Ryan I just, you never know in this world You don't know when things can go as you like to say, abracadabra And it go's away, so I just wanna say that I love you