The sweet tune makes Brown the latest in a long line of musicians who used their kids as the inspiration behind some of their most heartfelt songs. Below, we take a look at some of the sweetest numbers written for celebrity bundles of joy. Grab your tissues, some of these are real tear-jerkers.
Kane Brownwrote “For My Daughter” for, well, his daughter, Kingsley Rose Brown.
The lyric that’ll make you tear up: “They say dads are supposed to shape you and in a way/ I guess mine did/ I knew what I wouldn’t do if I ever had a kid/ They say history repeats itself/ Well I guess that’s up to me.”
JAY-Z wrote “GLORY” about Blue Ivy (and featured her on the track)!
Joel’s 1993 ballad was written as a song for hisdaughter, Alexa Ray Joel, whom he shares with Christie Brinkley.
Stevie Wonder wrote “Isn’t She Lovely” about his daughter, Aisha.
The lyric that’ll make you tear up: “Life and love are the same/ Life is Aisha/ The meaning of her name.”
Kanye Westwrote “Only One” after the birth of his first child, North West.
The song, sung from the perspective of West’s late mother, Donda, is a tribute to his first child, North West. The song even features Paul McCartney on piano!
The lyric that’ll make you tear up: “I talked to God about you, he said he sent you an angel/ And look at all that he gave you/ You asked for one and you got two/ You know I never left you/ ‘Cause every road that leads to heaven’s right inside you.”
After herwell-documented 2007 breakdown, Spears released herCircusalbum, and on it was a track for her sons. Given the circumstances when the song was released — Spears had lost custody of her boys — the song is particularly poignant.
The lyric that’ll make you tear up: “I wonder how/ I’ve lived my life/ ‘Cause without you/ How did I get through/ All of my days/ Without you?”
Lauryn Hill’s son, Zion, is the subject of her song of the same name.
TheR&B singerstarts her emotional song from her iconic debut albumThe Miseducation of Lauryn Hillwith, “One day you’ll understand, Zion,” before singing about her experience becoming a mother.
The lyric that’ll make you tear up: “See life for you my prince has just begun/ And I thank you for choosing me/ To come through unto life to be.”
Madonna wrote “Little Star” about her daughter, Lourdes.
The icondedicated “Little Star,“a song off of her 1998 Grammy-winning album,Ray of Light, to her daughter, Lourdes, who was born in 1996.
The lyric that’ll make you tear up: “You are a treasure to me/ You are my star/ You breathe new life/ Into my broken heart.”
After a custody battle with his ex-wife, Kim Scott, Eminem released a track abouthis daughter, Hailie, that was surprisingly sweet and tender for the notoriously explicit rapper.
The lyric that’ll make you tear up: “Sometimes it feels like the world’s on my shoulders/ Everyone’s leaning on me/ ‘Cause sometimes it feels like the world’s almost over/ But then she comes back to me.”
Carrie Underwoodwrote “What I Never Knew I Always Wanted” as a “love song” for her sons.
Underwood ismom to two boys, Jacob and Isaiah, and she put her love for her 4-year-old and 9-month-old into a sweet song about them and their dad, Mike Fisher.
The lyric that’ll make you tear up: “And now I’m holdin’ what I never knew I always wanted/ I couldn’t see, I was blind ‘til my eyes were opened/ I didn’t know there was a hole/ Something missing in my soul/ ‘Til you filled it up, oh, with your love.”
Adele’s song, “Sweetest Devotion” is about her son, Angelo.
The lyric that’ll make you tear up: “I wasn’t ready then, I’m ready now/ I’m heading straight for you/ You will only be eternally/ The one that I belong to.”
source: people.com
