[Chorus 2X]  Don't hate me shawty  But even if you hate me shawty  I still love you  And now I only wish that you could  See that my intentions were good  I still love you    [Verse 1]  Forgave me once, forgave me twice, forgave me three times  I stayed lyin', you stayed down in the meantime  Had my son and turned around and had another one  I broke yo heart when I told you bout the other one  I stay in trouble ha? Ain't got too much to loose  Knew I could loose it all but never thought of losin' you  Eleven years ago I still regret me choosin' you  Meetin' you, pursuin' you and doin' you in '92  You fixed plates, showed yo face at every courtdate  And all you wanted me to do was call when I was out late  How could I let you go? I thought I knew it all  When you deserved the best and more, you been through it all  So you think I sold yo dreams, but what I say I mean  Just take it to consideration, I was 17  I'm still the same man, just had a change of plan  Never ask you back and fuck a wedding band  But I still love you    [Repeat Chorus 1 w/ ad libs]    [Verse 2]  Went from resentin' you, hatin' you, now I'm missin' you  On the realest shit I ever dropped, listen pops  I never even thought, to ask my mom what happened  Just knew that you was livin' in Manhattan and I was trappin'  We never had a chance, we was in different states  But I'll forgive it, you was human and we make mistakes  You tried to make it up, but shit, you couldn't pay enough  You sent me tons of toys and clothes thinkin' you gave enough  But it wasn't though, and you wasn't there  That's all I knew, so I grew up thinkin' you ain't care  I know it wasn't fair, but ay, it wasn't fun  But now what's done is done, no matter wha, I'm still yo son  I could care less if none of yo other children come  I'ma be right there prayin' you live to be a million one  Finally I understand, hustlin', livin' fast  Tryin' to get the cash and settle down and be a dad  You probably never knew, cuz hey, I never said it  But pops, I'm just like you, I'm stubborn and I'm hardheaded  But now you dead in the ground, no meanin' tellin' you now  But all I wanted was for you to be proud  I still love you    [Chorus]  Don't hate me shawty  If I ain't told you lately shawty  I still love you  Now I only wish that I could  See that yo intentions were good  I still love you  Don't hate me shawty  Please don't hate me shawty  Ay, I still love you  And now I only wish that I could  See that yo intentions were good    [Verse 3]  How could I criticize my daddy on that last verse  Lookin' at my own dirt, you got some nerve  But be that as it may, I got some shit to say  It's been a secret, I can't keep it for another day  I got a lil' girl, not just two lil' boys  And that's been killin' me inside, eatin' me alive  And I can't find the words, nor the nouns or verbs  To express whachu deserve, girl you worth the world  But I'm a man and I ain't perfect, if you hear me now  I'll tell you wha had happened, when, why, when, how  Me and yo mama met, we kinda kicked it off  But we wasn't 'posed to have a baby, we just chillin' out  We had a lot in common, almost the same sign  Same goals, said thangs at the same time  But then we destroyed the situation like the a changed mind  How could I look her in her eyes and holla dat aint mine  Her stomach gettin' bigger, and time is gettin' close  Six, seven, eight, nine months and I ain't told mah folks  Not just messiah mama, hell, I had told yo granny  Three kids in two years, baby, daddy had it  But I ain't ashamed of you, I'm more ashamed of me  It's not at all yo fault, you'd be better off blamin' me  But now I realize, where the problem lies  Forgive me babygirl, I apologize  And I still love you    [Chorus 2X]  Don't hate me shawty  Please don't hate me shawty  Cuz I still love you  Now I only wish that you could  See that my intentions were good