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Lyrics of Letter To My Son by Akon
intro
Convict, convict, convict...
verse
I had to do bad, so you can do better
I was locked in a pin when I wrote you this letter
But you was way too young, don't understand no evil and no better
It's time that I tell you who I am, so I can protect you
pre-chorus
'Cause a bad role model it's something I can't afford to be (to you)
'Cause only me and God knows what I did just to eat
chorus
I steal for you, I deal for you
That's what I did for you
To get a meal for you
Nearly died for you
Did the time for you
I survived for you
To provide for you
hook
All this for you
Did this for you
All that I do
I do for you
hook
So you don't have to
So you don't have to
So you don't have to
So you don't have to
verse
Made a couple trips home
Had a couple bricks on me
And always kept a stick on me
Can't let 'em make a victim of me
verse
Risked my life for you
God and blue lights for you
Working overnight for you
So you're growing up to be just like me
pre-chorus
A bad role model it's something I can't afford to be (to you)
Only me and God knows what I did just to eat
chorus
I steal for you, I deal for you
That's what I did for you
To get a meal for you
Nearly died for you
Did the time for you
I survived for you
To provide for you
hook
All this for you
Did this for you
All that I do
I do for you
hook
So you don't have to
So you don't have to
So you don't have to
So you don't have to
bridge
Did it so you don't have to
Did it all so that you never have to (oh, no, no, no, no)
Did it so you don't have to (don't do it)
Did it all so that you never have to (oh, no, no, no, no)
Did it so you don't have to (I did it)
Did it also that you never have to (oh, no, no, no, no)
Did it so you don't have to (don't do it)
Did it also that you never have to
chorus
I steal for you, I deal for you
That's what I did for you
To get a meal for you
Nearly died for you
Did the time for you
I survived for you
To provide for you
hook
All this for you
Did this for you
All that I do
I do for you
So you don't have to
Writer(s): Priscilla Renea, Aliaune Thiam, William Larsen, James Lavigne
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Ain’t No Peace
Album • 2020 • 7 tracks
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