Happy Birthday
So birthday, so make a wish

Verse 1:
Please accept my apologies, I wonder what would have been. been
Would you have you've been a little angel or an angel of sin?
Tom-boy running around, hanging with all the guys. guys
Or a little tough boy with beautiful brown eyes. eyes

I paid payed for the murder before they determined the sex, sex
choosingChoosing our life over your life meant your death. death
And you never got a chance to even open your eyes, eyes
sometimesSometimes I wonder as a fetus if you fought for your life. life

Would you have been a little genius? In genius in love with math?
Would you have played in your schoolenter deleted
clothes and made me mad?
Would you have been a little rapperenter deleted
like your poppa The Piper?
Would you have made me quit smoking smokin' byenter deleted
finding one of my lighters?enter added
I wonder about your skin tone and shape of your nose, nose?
andAnd the way you would've would have laughed and talked fast or slow. slow?
I thinkThink about it every year, so I picked up a pen. pen
Happy birthday, I love you for whoever you would've been. been
Happy Birthday birthday

Chorus:

What All I thought was a dream
Make dream, make a wish
Was as real as it seemed
Happy seemed, happy birthday
WhatAll I thought was a dream
Make dream, make a wish
Was as real as it seem
seemed, I made a mistake

Verse 2:
I I've got a million excuses, as excuses to why you died. died
And other people got their own reasons for homicide. homicide
Who's to say it would've worked andenter deleted
who's to say I it wouldn't have have?
I was young and struggling, strugglin' but old enough to be a dad. your dad

The fear of being my a father has never disappeared, disappeared
I ponder itPondering frequently while I'm sippin' on my beer. beer
My vision of a family was artificial and fake
soSo when it came time to create, create I made a mistake. mistake
But now you
Now you've got a little brother, maybe it's he's really you. you?
Maybe you really forgave us knowing knowin' we was confused. confused?
Maybe,Maybe every time that he smiles it's you proudly
knowingKnowin' that your father's doing doin' the right thing now. now?
I'll
I never tell a woman what to do with her body, body
butBut if she don't love children, children then we can't party. party
I thinkThink about it every year, so I picked up a pen. pen
Happy birthday, I love you for whoever you would've been. been
Happy birthday
Chorus (2X)All I thought was a dream, make a wish
Was as real as it seemed, happy birthday
All I thought was a dream, yeah, make a wish
Was as real as it seemed, I made a mistake

Bridge:(2X)
And from the Heavens heavens to the womb to the Heavens again. heavens again
From the ending endin' to the ending, endin', never got to begin. begin
Maybe one day we can could meet face to face, face?
inIn a place without time and space.
Happy birthday. space, happy birthday
ChorusFrom the heavens to the womb to the heavens again
From the endin' to the endin', never got to begin
Maybe one day we could meet face to face
In a place without time and space, happy birthday

All I thought was a dream, make a wish
Was as real as it seemed, happy birthday
All I thought was a dream, make a wish
Was as real as it seemed, I made a mistake