[Intro]
Dear Kai, you know daddy love you right?
Look

[Verse 1]
Dear Kai, hope you don't think that the reason why I'm in here is cause I'm wildin'
Daddy, he just lost his trial and they got me for something violent
DA talkin' twenty two years, I couldn't even fuckin' tell you
It was way too hard to just be honest
Glass visits, told your mama not to bring you
For the first three months, I couldn't let you witness daddy at the bottom
You was only five, plus I brought you every single day to trial
Knew that deep down I was goin' in so I would fake a smile
Paparazzi flashin' at us, I know you don't understand
But you still my little man
Every single minute of that trial week, that I brought you out the court, the public said it's underhand
I really brought you cause I didn't know if I'd see you again
Mommy didn't know what to do, daddy was out on thе jail
Mommy started drinking more, but she hid it from you wеll
You miss daddy, I know why, I just see it in your eyes
All them little nights you cried, I can see it when you smile
It hurts me to death when I look at you and I see my eyes
I remember Christmas when I went in, I didn't have enough money to give you a life
Daddy felt so helpless on that day that he sat up inside his cell and all he did was cry
See daddy bank accounts was frozen and his accountants left him
So everybody that told him they hold him down went suicide
I had to call you on that phone and read you a poem cause I ain't had no dough to get you through the times
I just want you to know that you the reason why I keep on fighting these powerful people in these crucial times
Take care your mama, you my roller
Always know that I made you a soldier, now
[Chorus]
Hush little baby, don't you cry, everything's gonna be alright
Tell your mama you a soldier, that's what I told ya
And if she needs ya, then hold her through the night
I know daddy not there right now and you don't know why
Make you wonder when I'm coming back
But I promise I'll be back for my little soldier
I told ya, until I'm home boy I'm finna fight

[Verse 2]
I remember it was April 12th, county jail
Daddy, he just wasn't there
First birthday I ever missed
Daddy felt alone and felt like no one's there
So he shut himself down from the world and he ain't phoning in
I know that it only affected you, it was nothing fair
Mommy, she loved you so much, she started getting cleaned up
But when you had to stay with Ashley, I know that that seems sus
Even though your mama came with drama, she was always strong enough to hold you up just for the both of us
I wonder how you really feelin' lately Uncle Jay is crazy, ain't he?
But he loves you and he stays with you the days that I just can't be
Also understand that Rico is your lil' brother I need you both to keep each other's safety
Cause they gave daddy all these years
Promised that I'd make it home, till the day I make it there
Court case, ten years, aiin't no one can say it's fair
But that's how they play 'em cards
You know they don't play them fair
Daddy will be always there
And that's word to Rico too
Daddy will be always there I know that you'll be there too
All the shit I'm hearing about is dumb noise
I just wanna get home to my young boys
[Chorus]
Hush little baby, don't you cry, everything's gonna be alright
Tell your mama you a soldier, that's what I told ya
And if she needs ya, then hold her through the night
I know daddy not there right now and you don't know why
Make you wonder when I'm coming back
But I promise I'll be back for my little soldier
I told ya, until I'm home boy I'm finna fight