[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, dissin' 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 ??? and 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 ??, almost the same size   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 ???   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