Grew up in the south side of that river Thames Hard to think outside the box when you´re stuck in the ends I had dreams of many things as a youngin I was fourteen when the streets offered tough lovin´ Older brother went to jail, daddy weren´t around No choice now but to be the man in the house If you´re talking role models, nowhere to be seen You can´t fathom what I think ´til you been where I been PTSD from the roads, trouble was everywhere that I looked Hard to avoid it evеn if I just kept my head in my books
Therе ain´t no easy way out, drowning internally When you´re stuck in a ocean of doubt with all this uncertainty Lived being angry my whole life like it´s part of my DNA I couldn´t tell you why it became something that we embraced Then we take that same anger and turn it into someone else´s pain Nothing´s changed here, the cycle still remains
Mama told me my sun will shine We don´t decide everything in God´s time And when mama told me, I prayed to God To walk with me, my journey´s begun See, my mama told me my sun will shine We don´t decide everything in God´s time And when mama told me, I knew that I
Was strong inside but we all cry sometimes
Shit changed when I had a brief encounter with death Thought the pearly gates opened when that knife was in my chest Not the mental scars, the physical´s all you see But the boy that stabbed me is just as damaged as me I could have been the reflection that he hated The part of him he wishes God did not waste time creating He broken homes in which we´re coming from, but who´s the blame when You´re dealt the same cards from the system you´re enslaved in? It´s fucking mayhem Imagine being in a hospital, wired up to the machines
They told me I had been in a coma for two weeks But time is an illusion, my mind told me I´m invincible But my body reminded me I´m human When you´re so close to the Heavens, God shows you who´s there Nowhere to be seen are the people who said they care This must´ve been written for people who came to read it ´Cause life gave me a second chance and many never see it, Q
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