Don't worry, this song dosn't mean hes retiring. Its just another song to Hailie. What he means by "Rock-a-bye-Shady'' is that when he's with her, hes not Shady, hes Daddy. And the title "When I'm Gone'' probably means when he's dead, he'll always be looking at her from Heaven with a smile, but I think it also means that he's in a hard place right now, becuz sometimes he has to choose between his family and his fans, and how Hailie is always complaining that he always tells her that he will be there for her then he's off doing a concert or something, that's why the song says that Hailie said that he luvs us more than he luvs his family.
Whhooo! I'm so happy. It took me a day to figure this out
But I'm sooo HAPPY!!! Now worship me for taking ur doubts away!! Lol. But it could always mean another thing too...
As he said, He wont tell people how to take the meaning of the songs, and he dont care what people think the meaning of (some) songs are. But LETS HOPE HES NOT RETIRING SOON!
xoxoxox to all, Kathy