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Happy Birthday. So make a wish.
Please accept my apologies, I wonder what would have been.
Would you have been a little angel or an angel of sin?
Tom-boy running around, hanging with all the guys.
Or a little tough boy with beautiful brown eyes.
I paid for the murder before they determined the sex,
Choosing our life over your life meant your death.
And you never got a chance to even open your eyes,
Sometimes I wonder as a fetus if you fought for your life.
Would you have been a little genius? In love with math?
Would you have played in your school clothes and made me mad?
Would you have been a little rapper like your poppa The Piper?
Would you have made me quit smoking by finding one of my lighters?
I wonder about your skin tone and shape of your nose,
And the way you would've laughed and talked fast or slow.
I think about it every year, so I picked up a pen.
Happy birthday, I love you whoever you would've been.
Happy Birthday
What I thought was a dream
Make a wish
Was as real as it seemed
I made a mistake
I got a million excuses, as to why you died.
And other people got their own reasons for homicide.
Who's to say it would've worked and who's to say it wouldn't have
I was young and struggling, but old enough to be a dad.
The fear of being my father has never disappeared,
I ponder it frequently while I'm sippin' on my beer.
My vision of a family was artificial and fake
So when it came time to create, I made a mistake.
But now you got a little brother, maybe it's really you.
Maybe you really forgave us knowing we were confused.
Maybe, every time that he smiles it's you proudly knowing
That your father's doing the right thing now.
I'll never tell a woman what to do with her body,
But if she don't love children, then we can't party.
I think about it every year, so I picked up a pen.
Happy birthday, I love you whoever you would've been.
Happy Birthday
What I thought was a dream
Make a wish
Was as real as it seemed
I made a mistake
And from the Heavens to the womb to the Heavens again.
From the ending to the ending, never got to begin.
Maybe one day we can meet face to face,
In a place without time and space. Happy birthday.
What I thought was a dream
Make a wish
Was as real as it seemed
I made a mistake
Please accept my apologies, I wonder what would have been.
Would you have been a little angel or an angel of sin?
Tom-boy running around, hanging with all the guys.
Or a little tough boy with beautiful brown eyes.
I paid for the murder before they determined the sex,
Choosing our life over your life meant your death.
And you never got a chance to even open your eyes,
Sometimes I wonder as a fetus if you fought for your life.
Would you have been a little genius? In love with math?
Would you have played in your school clothes and made me mad?
Would you have been a little rapper like your poppa The Piper?
Would you have made me quit smoking by finding one of my lighters?
I wonder about your skin tone and shape of your nose,
And the way you would've laughed and talked fast or slow.
I think about it every year, so I picked up a pen.
Happy birthday, I love you whoever you would've been.
Happy Birthday
What I thought was a dream
Make a wish
Was as real as it seemed
I made a mistake
I got a million excuses, as to why you died.
And other people got their own reasons for homicide.
Who's to say it would've worked and who's to say it wouldn't have
I was young and struggling, but old enough to be a dad.
The fear of being my father has never disappeared,
I ponder it frequently while I'm sippin' on my beer.
My vision of a family was artificial and fake
So when it came time to create, I made a mistake.
But now you got a little brother, maybe it's really you.
Maybe you really forgave us knowing we were confused.
Maybe, every time that he smiles it's you proudly knowing
That your father's doing the right thing now.
I'll never tell a woman what to do with her body,
But if she don't love children, then we can't party.
I think about it every year, so I picked up a pen.
Happy birthday, I love you whoever you would've been.
Happy Birthday
What I thought was a dream
Make a wish
Was as real as it seemed
I made a mistake
And from the Heavens to the womb to the Heavens again.
From the ending to the ending, never got to begin.
Maybe one day we can meet face to face,
In a place without time and space. Happy birthday.
What I thought was a dream
Make a wish
Was as real as it seemed
I made a mistake
Lyrics submitted by piratemian
Track duration: 03:15
"Happy Birthday" as written by Carla Maria/coffer Williams
Lyrics © Warner/Chappell Music, Inc., Universal Music Publishing Group, Ultra Tunes, EMI Music Publishing
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When I was 15 I became pregnant.
Even though I didn't have an abortion(still birth 6 months)
I feel like I can relate so much to this song.
For the longest time I felt like it was MY fault.
But Flipsyde is helping me heal.
I was terrified, young, with no money. It was either open-adoption or I would keep him.
You never know how precious a life is until you can't conceive, miscarriage, still birth etc.
Think about the life you are ending.
*This does not apply if the woman/baby's life is in danger.
YOU WILL REGRET IT LATER.
That's about it.
"I paid for the murder before they determined the sex,
choosing our life over your life meant your death."
"My vision of a family was artificial and fake
so when it came time to create, I made a mistake."
It's pretty straight forward. His girlfriend got pregnant and had an abortion, years later when he has a son he regrets the decision.
Great song
NOW as for these lyrics, very well put together and thought out. I loved it from the second I heard it. I think the mixture of Flipsyde's rapping and the girl's voice on the chorus go hand in hand. A strange mix, but a good one.
The line that really effected me was:
"I got a million excuses, as to why you died.
And other people got their own reasons for homicide.
Who's to say it would've worked and who's to say it wouldn't have."
I feel like he knows that he and the woman had to make a choice, yet no one can ever really say that it would have worked if they hadn't had the abortion...so he really can't hate himself for it.
the people that judge you couldnt walk a day in your shoes. And to those who are against abortion need to stop being so narrowminded there is more to having a child than just being able love it!!
This song is deep...just shows what people who go through it really think!!! Its not as easy as it seems!!!
i went through the exact same thing at 15 and i agree with everything you have said. I feel the exact same as you. no one understands what abortion is really like until theyve been through it themself
This song relates to me perfectly and i listen to it all the time even if it does put a downer on the mood im in.
I feel that this song is the way to remeber what i could of had. i love it
I'm not sure if he's actually singing against abortion, he's just apologizing to the victim and is wondering what could have been.
"I think about it every year, so I picked up a pen.
Happy birthday, I love you whoever you would've been"
i like this bit its kinda saying he wonders what it would be like..
i really like this song its amazing x