Like Father, Like Son - The Game/Busta Rhymes.mp3

[00:00.00] June 30th, 11:07 I got that call
[00:29.10]She 8 centimeters, my lil' man about to fall
[00:32.22]Scuffing my Air Forces, running through the hospital hall
[00:35.64]Deja vu, like I been here before
[00:38.01]I'm feeling reborn, like a Bed-Stuy brethren, my first born
[00:42.69]Dre, I'm about to have a bad boy, family in the lobby
[00:46.50]See my nigga Church, "What Up," shit I left the camcorder in the truck
[00:51.12]Running through the maternity ward, out of breath, sweating
[00:54.15]I swear to God every minute's starting to feel like a second
[00:57.36]I seen Hell staring down the barrel of a Smith & Wesson
[01:00.66]My son's ultrasound the closest I ever been to Heaven
[01:04.35]Lord forgive me for my sins, I know it's last minute
[01:07.65]Put the chronic in the air, a little hash in it
[01:10.71]Spread my wings, If only I could fly
[01:13.26]Why fight to live homie?, If we only living to die
[01:17.01]I hope you grow up to become that everything you can be
[01:20.22]That's all I wanted for you young'n, like Father, like Son
[01:23.46]But in the end I hope you only turn out better than me
[01:26.61]I hope you know I love you young'n, like Father, like Son
[01:29.85]My little man, your day is coming, coming, your day is coming, I tell you
[01:36.30]And when it comes, just keep it running, running, just keep it running, I tell you
[01:42.18]They say every time somebody die a child is born
[01:45.00]So I thank the mother****er who gave his life for the birth of my son
[01:48.93]11:32, she screaming at the top of her lungs
[01:51.54]I'm panicking, nurse yelling for the doctor to come
[01:55.38]All I could remember was lamaze class, breathe baby
[01:58.47]"One (one), two (two), three (three), four (four)," I see the head
[02:02.97]Doc busting through the door, he between the legs
[02:05.58]He see the head, it's my baby boy
[02:08.46]11:46, the head out, she screaming, making crazy noise
[02:11.64]Pain is love, my stomach folding like a La-Z-Boy
[02:14.70]I'm feeling like Mariah Carey, all these butterfly's
[02:17.67]Voices singing to me, sound like Teena Marie
[02:21.15]I'm calling bitches on tour, Jayo tell Spiz I just cut the umbilical cord
[02:27.72]11:57, a soldier is born, and he's flesh of my flesh, young Harlem Caron
[02:33.81]I hope you grow up to become that everything you can be
[02:37.02]That's all I wanted for you young'n, like Father, like Son
[02:40.23]But in the end I hope you only turn out better than me
[02:43.41]I hope you know I love you young'n, like Father, like Son
[02:46.65]My little man, your day is coming, coming, your day is coming, I tell you
[02:53.10]And when it comes, just keep it running, running, just keep it running, I tell you
[02:58.65]I wanna thank Dr. Af and Nurse Theresa, for bringing my baby boy to life
[03:03.99]You birthed a Caesar, And my baby Mama, Aliska
[03:06.99]For pushing out a 10-pound, 4- ounce Mini-Me, I still can't believe it
[03:12.15]Nose, ears, eyes, chin, just like your Daddy
[03:15.06]I die before you grow up and be just like your Daddy, or your Grandfather
[03:20.28]Call Uncle Zip, tell him I got a son and I ain't even in Harlem
[03:25.05]I'm popping Cris with your Godfathers, Baron Davis and "D-Mack" Darius Rogers
[03:31.56]Drop the top on the '71, with my face in the clouds, Lord spare my son
[03:37.23]And watch over Aaron Wright, T'Yan and Lil' Pun
[03:40.47]Lowriding, banging "Ready to Die," track number 1
[03:43.74]If I bust 5 times and they never see the sun
[03:46.89]My life is a black hole, like the barrel of a gun, one
[03:50.67]I hope you grow up to become that everything you can be
[03:53.79]That's all I wanted for you young'n, like Father, like Son
[03:57.03]But in the end I hope you only turn out better than me
[04:00.21]I hope you know I love you young'n, like Father, like Son
[04:03.45]My little man, your day is coming, coming, your day is coming, I tell you
[04:09.87]And when it comes, just keep it running, running, just keep it running, I tell you
[04:16.20]I hope you grow up to become that everything you can be
[04:19.38]That's all I wanted for you young'n, like Father, like Son
[04:22.62]But in the end I hope you only turn out better than me
[04:25.80]I hope you know I love you young'n, like Father, like Son
[04:29.04]My little man, your day is coming, coming, your day is coming, I tell you
[04:35.49]And when it comes, just keep it running, running, just keep it running, I tell you