[Intro: Val Young]
This is a letter (Ooh)
To my son (Ohh)
This is a letter (Ooh)
To my son (Ohh)

[Verse 1: Young Noble & Val Young]
This is a letter to my son in case I happen to pass
And he'll never even hear it if I happen to last
And I damn sure plan on it, by any means
It's bigger than me and I provide for my family(Ooh)
My son is my pride, now I open my eyes
He got my peanut head, exactly the same eyes
He was born three weeks ago, I watched him breathe(Ohh)
If his daddy don't make it, lord watch him please
I'm coppin' pleas, cause son it ain't safe out here
Everybody wanna see a brotha break out here(Ohh)
It's rules to life, baby boy play it carefully
I know how to love you cause nobody wasn't there for me
A sight to see, you was the reflection of me
A lesson to me, better yet a blessin' to me
The best of me, I give you my all
Picture life without you ain't living at all
(This is a letter to my son)
I give my life for yours, cause now I'm living for you
I did it all for you, it all belongs to you
(A letter to my son)
I give my life for yours cause now I'm living for you
I did it all for you it all belongs to you
[Chorus: Young Noble]
This is a letter to my son god forbid I die
All the answers right here, neva ask 'em why
Don't cry, neva let life pass you by
Even though you can't see me, son I'm by ya side
This is a letter to my son God forbid I die
All the answers right here, neva ask 'em why
Don't cry, neva let life pass you by
Even though you can't see me son I'm by ya side

[Verse 2: Young Noble & Val Young]
Noble be yo own man, don't follow nobody
Get locked up, you know who care? Nobody
Souljah life ain't fair, I'm tellin' you now
It might not be nobody there tryna help you out
First of all (A letter to my son)
You learn from ya own mistakes
The right one you take
The wrong one you make (Mmm)
Second of all I'ma tell you the truth
Nine out of ten of the times I'll show you proof (Ooh)
Tell it to you un-cut, how it's 'supposed to be
Make sure I always keep you close to me
Respect ya mama to the fullest, she had you boy
She tell you to do something, be glad to boy
(This is a letter to my son)
And ya sister too and the same for ya Grandmother
When nobody else love ya, ya family want cha'
(This is a letter to my son)
Little older, you see what I mean
Everybody want a piece of this American Dream
(This is a letter)
Outlawz don't die we just spread the love
Sometimes you gotta go to war but it's better to love
Outlawz don't die we just spread the love
Sometimes you gotta go to war, but it's better to love
[Chorus: Young Noble]
This is a letter to my son god forbid I die
All the answers right here, neva ask 'em why
Don't cry, neva let life pass you by
Even though you can't see me, son I'm by ya side
This is a letter to my son God forbid I die
All the answers right here, neva ask 'em why
Don't cry, neva let life pass you by
Even though you can't see me son I'm by ya side

[Verse 3: Young Noble & Val Young]
(Letter to my son)
On ya journey into manhood watch the signs
And the only thing that don't stop is time
(Not just anyone)
And the only love that don't stop is mine
Never let nobody try to stop ya shine
(Special part of me)
You was born to be a soldier so use ya brain
Inherited from ya daddy, better use ya game
You got nothin' to lose and everything to gain
Son ya daddy write rhymes cause it deal with pain
Still the fact remain(Ooh) that I love you to death
And can't nothin' separate us, not even death(Mmm)
Family first, eything else is second
And ya uncle Pac taught me how to sell these records(Ooh)
Puttin' food on the table for my family to see(Ooh)
When you grow up, you try to be better than me(Mmm)
Stay away from the law and the world is yours
Want something, go get it, and you call it yours
[Chorus: Young Noble]
This is a letter to my son god forbid I die
All the answers right here, neva ask 'em why
Don't cry, neva let life pass you by
Even though you can't see me, son I'm by ya side
This is a letter to my son God forbid I die
All the answers right here, neva ask 'em why
Don't cry, neva let life pass you by
Even though you can't see me son I'm by ya side
By ya side

[Outro: Val Young]
This is a letter to my son
Not just anyone
Special part of me
Everyone will see
Letter to my son
A letter to my son
My son
No one (A letter to my son) should read this but him
No one should read this but him