Was It Worth It
On birthdays and Christmas I used to
Have you on my wishlist
Held my son the first time
Looked him in his eye and thought to myself
What kind of fool would ever miss this
I ain't ask for you to sleep
With mom and make me
Plus I'm your blood, why would you leave
What was so important
They told you smash broads, roll up the weed
I guess that buzz got you high
Enough to float over me
I hope that every dollar that you made
Every girl that you slave
When you close your eyes at night
I hope you say it's all worth it
Every graduation, birthday
Game that you missed
I hope what you got instead make
You feel it's all worth it
Being a father's expensive and it's
Cost you may ignore
Just know me and your grandson
Is paying for it
Can't ask myself what would dad
Do in hard times
'Cus that means he'll be writing
One of these rhymes
All these hearts that you broke
All these lies that you told
All this pain that you own, years all alone
Nights away from home, tell me
I hope it was worth it, was it worth it
Tell me was worth it
Tell me was it really worth it
Listen, a lot of rap dudes never had a daddy
That's why we want approval from
Nas like he family
But, it ain't just Jermaine
It's Dre to The Game
To the Birdman saying that he's
The father of Wayne, man
What happened to us better
Yet what didn't happen
No happy family 'cus daddy left me
Deep in this Valley, of the Shadow of Death
I'm felling the breath of a
Predator on my neck
Ate me alive while daddy was getting high
Trying to chase after something that
I'm certain he'll never find
When the whole time
He could have had my young mind
Somewhere along the line I guess he
Spent up all his time
Sent me this birthday card out of the blind
When I was nine inherited a bunch of pain
And some empty memories
Wishing that he picked me up from elementary
I wish he could have seen me on my graduation
Taught me to raise the son
And told me congratulations
All these hearts that you broke
All these lies that you told
All this pain that you own, years all alone
Nights away from home, tell me
I hope it was worth it, was it worth it
Tell me was worth it
Tell me was it really worth it