Uploaded June 2025 | Updated September 2026, 1 week ago

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This is a rap/song for my daughter titled, "You Will Know Love" written and performed by Mat4yo, who is known for creating raps about video games and other linguistic challenges.

Mat4yo and Miss4yo became parents on April 13, 2025, to a beautiful daughter named Carmella, or 'Carmie,' or 'Carm13' to fit in with the family tradition!

My first rap tribute to my daughter is titled after a phrase I kept thinking about after becoming a dad. From birth, the only thing she knew was her parents. But with each day comes new experiences and new people to meet. She is already becoming something greater than the sum of her parents. Therefore, the potential of what she'll come to learn and become passionate about is unlimited. Yet, one thing is certain: she will know love.

Listen to Mat4yo's Musical Projects:

Original Music:
youtube.com/playlist?list=PLUuoTKghQpskH-ML1GN0nJ1HX51rQ_dsl

Featured Verses on Cyphers, etc.:
youtube.com/watch?v=6FLquGdkbak&list=PLUuoTKghQpsks-ASs33QdtUuwrVXrspOs

Challenge Raps:
youtube.com/watch?v=VjnilzvYzJA&list=PLUuoTKghQpsmeABFAGdFz8u9RHiEXQYYC

ALBUMS:
'Evergreen Datastream' (2020):
https://smarturl.it/EvergreenDatastream

'Passionroots' feat. Hoopsandhiphop (2019):
distrokid.com/hyperfollow/mat4yoandhoopsandhiphop/passionroots

More: youtube.com/@Mat4yo

Lyrics:
I don't know what you'll come to learn
Or whose mouth you may learn it from
Your toes may tap to song and dance
Your fingertips may yearn to strum
Perhaps you’ll beat to your own drum or all of the above
all of the above
The one thing I can promise is you will know love

From the moment that the vinyl needle struck a nerve
I knew the tables had turned

You came to the earth like a meteor hurling across the universe
It’s what we call the day of your birth

At first, you were at a loss for words
But when you’re older, and we’re combing through the photos, I know that you’ll find a thousand worth

But for now, every scream and chirp, and little quirk sounds like the sweetest melody I’ve ever heard

Staring at your face, it rewinds the tape
What a timeless shape
Every vein is a road that we had to take
to make this miracle we have today

The constellation of
neurons in your brain
Light the room like a
fireworks display
The same blaze that led our souls through the darkest haze like a moth to flame

Then you come fluttering
Into a web threaded with the same silk we spun you with
Bonded by blood in the thumbs that grip the umbrella you’ll be covered with when it’s thunderous

But no matter how stormy
Stormy
Our mentorship is a sure thing
sure thing
We’ll give you the book, and a form of ink
But it’s you who will write your story

I don't know what you'll come to learn
Or whose mouth you may learn it from
Your toes may tap to song and dance
Your fingertips may yearn to strum
Perhaps you’ll beat to your own drum or all of the above
all of the above
The one thing I can promise is you will know love

From the moment that you perched upon our family tree
I knew the birds would sing
The bumblebees would buzz away the tumbleweeds
And everything that crawled beneath
Would metamorph-asize to butterflies with multi-colored wings

And you may go
where the wind blows
Where the ebb flows
Where the grass grows
But you’re never alone, ‘cause I told
Every feathered friend to lend a hand along the road

No time to waste
You’re my crew mate
I had your shoes laced
since you booted up a ‘new game’
It isn’t always gonna be a smooth race
But we’re gonna raise the roof together while our favorite tunes play

And when I'm swapping out the CD rom
You'll see the setlist of ingredients that you’re made from
Like sugar, spice, and the sweetest mom
Plus a little help from daddio who wrote this song
Because

It’s a love letter to you
And a letter full of everything we love to do
Just a few of the trillion paths you could pursue
The endless possibilities are yours to choose

But whether you’re the finest chef,
A scientist,
Or shoot for outer space when you fly the nest
The level of our dedication just can't be faded
Unlike the label on the film of your first breath