A Letter To My Critics - Shang-a-Lang

The second they laid you on my chest My heart as never beat the same I prayed and prayed And then the day finally came I got a SON A gift from God for all the pain And if I had to choose You know I'd do it all again Your hair was gold Son you were born with a crown You and your sisters the reasons why I'm still around But this songs for you so you will always know your worth And know I'm never ashamed of the child that I have birthed MY CHILD Want you to know you're the child of a queen I'll be by your side whatever life brings Know what's inside of you they can't take away There's power in your blood a DIVA'S DNA Want you to know you're the child of a queen I'll be by your side whatever life brings Know what's inside of you they can't take away There's power in your blood a DIVA'S DNA I have to laugh sometimes you should have been born a Gemini The side that love so hard And then the side that makes me cry I'd cry a million tears my love would never wash away Not even in the ground or before the lord on judgement day I'm sorry times were hard and we didn't have much growing up I did the best I could Continue to fight and never gave I went to church I even got a college degree I moved us out the hood to keep you safe and off of the streets I couldn't replace your dad but I tried to pour love in every place That his absence and time would leave an empty space I kept faith I know trouble don't last always And kept our heads up so you can see our brighter days MY CHILD Want you to know you're the child of a queen I'll be by your side whatever life brings Know what's inside of you they can't take away There's power in your blood a DIVA'S DNA Want you to know you're the child of a queen I'll be by your side whatever life brings Know what's inside of you they can't take away There's power in your blood a DIVA'S DNA I know life is hard I know sometimes you wonder why Your beautiful brown skin Makes you the target of so much crime You find no safety in the police or society As long as you are at war, you'll always have a soldier in me And when you have to cry because your mind is telling you lies Remember your never alone your sisters and I are by your side And yes Men cry That don't make um less of a man Let out the NEGATIVE so POSITIVE can fill your body again If you have to fight and nobody else a knuckle up It's at the drop of a dime We ready to ride no matter what I gave you tough love cause I had to get the point across Know what you go through is always a lesson and never a loss This life is business To move from a worker and into a boss Protect your peace of mind and guard your heart no matter the cost Don't ever wonder whose you are or where you belong Don't wonder loves you remember the words to this song MY CHILD You're WORTHY You're WORTH IT And YOU MATTER

Dear heart, there is something I must tell you Something sad and so hard for me to say For I know how much you always loved her And how you always hoped that she'd come back someday But day after day my hopes grow dimmer As I watched life and love passing me by And the life I live is empty and so lonely But you just lived for her and slowly let me die You know she left me for another So give her up, let her go, let it be Dear heart, if you won't stop beating for her Then, dear heart, stop beating for me You know she left me for another So give her up, let her go, let it be Dear heart, if you won't stop beating for her Then, dear heart, stop beating for me

Told me it was forever but it didn't last Tell me where did I go wrong? Tell me where did I go wrong? I thought we would last long I didn't know forever could end You broke my heart to a million pieces Why did you leave me crying you said we could still be friends But bitch it's not the same put the blame on me Fuck you for the pain you put me through I gave you my all but clearly wasn't enough You will never find another man like me lately I've been reminiscing about us All the times we'd be kissing and hugging each other Lately I've been missing your love It was clear to me that you didn't want my love My biggest fear was losing you and it came true I'm drowning in my tears feeling so blue We slowly grew apart why would you leave knowing that I would Die for you I would lie for you Why would you leave knowing that I would die for you I would've lied for you I would've done anything for you But you threw it all away You said you would stick by my side No matter what no matter what But you lied So many times I cried So many times I cried I can't believe that we're over Can't believe that we're over nobody will be able to replace you Nobody will be able to replace you I really did love you girl You told me that this was for the better I can't accept the fact that you're gone So I'm writing you this letter Tell me where did I go wrong? I thought we would last long I didn't know forever could end You broke my heart to a million pieces why did you leave me crying? You said we could still be friends but bitch it's not the same Put the blame on me fuck you for the pain you put me through I gave you my all but clearly it wasn't enough You would never find another man like me Lately I've been reminiscing about us All those times we'd be kissing and hugging each other Lately I've been missing your love