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[00:03.03]To my man Dave at your grave
[00:04.27]I silently prayed
[00:05.18]I know you saved by grace and
[00:06.83]not works
[00:07.80]Man it hurt for real
[00:08.74]Philly streets remain ill
[00:10.16]now your boys can't chill
[00:11.59]unless steel by they waistline
[00:12.88]Ya didn't waste time full time
[00:14.66]job and college
[00:15.83]working harder not even bitter
[00:17.41]at the Father
[00:18.29]for taking your father at an
[00:19.82]early age
[00:20.80]I sympathize with your situation
[00:22.12]yo my Dad's the same
[00:23.45]Bullets penetrated your fles
[00:25.10]arms legs even your neck
[00:26.84]Your death the reason Steve
[00:28.17]stays depressed
[00:29.04]I never seen so many tears
[00:30.26]in a day
[00:30.82]so much sadness and utter
[00:32.11]madness definition of tragic
[00:34.10]Habits develop when
[00:35.63]your friends die
[00:36.35]Your memories are enemies ya
[00:38.09]numb em with that Henny and lye
[00:39.57]Yo it's hard to say goodbye
[00:40.95]I can't let it go
[00:41.93]I feel sorry for your moms it
[00:43.66]must be hard on a widow
[00:44.84]I feel sorry for your mother
[00:46.39]I tried to take that hurt away
[00:48.57]from her
[00:49.33]but she can't escape the pain
[00:50.94]or recover
[00:51.80]so she sits alone by the
[00:53.49]candle light crying at night
[00:55.18]she sounds like this
[00:58.39]I feel sorry for your mother
[01:00.63]I couldn't take the pain away
[01:01.96]from her
[01:02.77]This is what a widow sounds like
[01:05.60]losing her child's life
[01:06.68]It's like your child losing her
[01:07.91]life in front of your eyes
[01:08.95]comatose high dose pain killers
[01:10.63]inside her IV
[01:12.93]Recall her voice calling Mommy
[01:14.31]Let's play hide and seek in the
[01:15.54]lobby with little Tommy
[01:16.81]It's a struggle just to smile
[01:18.18]your daily mission is
[01:19.68]just to keep hope alive
[01:20.85]but God ain't listening
[01:22.09]You're whispering prayers and
[01:23.87]playing musical chairs
[01:24.79]inside her room by the nurse
[01:26.01]and near them exit stairs and
[01:27.24]there's
[01:27.71]so much support expert
[01:29.29]technicians
[01:30.16]but modern medicine couldn't
[01:31.53]keep your little kid living
[01:32.67]Now they hit you with that news
[01:34.09]so much disbelief
[01:35.64]you wouldn't let the casket
[01:37.33]drop in the dust for 6 feet
[01:38.25]Holding back your tears when
[01:40.17]you're at your day job
[01:41.19]during breaks in the bathroom
[01:42.38]cursing at God
[01:43.50]You knocked he didn't open
[01:45.09]asked didn't receive
[01:46.11]Now your child joins your
[01:47.59]husband in the ground underneath
[01:49.07]I feel sorry for your mother
[01:50.77]I tried to take that hurt away
[01:52.40]from her
[01:53.63]but she can't escape the pain
[01:55.08]or recover
[01:56.13]so she sits alone by the
[01:57.67]candle light crying at night
[01:58.70]she sounds like this
[02:00.46]
[02:02.57]I feel sorry for that mother
[02:04.67]I couldn't take the pain away
[02:05.96]from her
[02:06.92]So she prays in vain for answers
[02:08.70]ain't no cure to Cancer
[02:10.70]To all the fallen you're gone
[02:12.24]but not forgotten
[02:13.10]escape from this modern day Gotham
[02:14.88]gritty city in a physical form
[02:16.47]you've shown me courage
[02:17.91]in a storm
[02:18.48]I touch the clothes you left
[02:19.65]behind they remain warm
[02:20.83]In the morning hours address
[02:22.32]heavenly powers
[02:23.69]leave flowers at your grave
[02:24.81]Teddy Umi and Dave
[02:26.09]Rest in peace in a place
[02:27.52]undivided by race
[02:28.59]True love given not chased
[02:30.12]your belly stay full of steak
[02:31.62]Hesitating voices
[02:32.68]saying your boys is gone
[02:34.14]Sitting there shocked with no
[02:35.72]response gripping the phone
[02:36.85]All my dogs go to heaven ain't
[02:38.49]that right reverend
[02:39.37]No if's and's or maybe's end
[02:40.91]of sentence
[02:42.09]Mention fate spark religious
[02:43.57]debate
[02:44.33]witness a newborn die then
[02:45.60]testify why God's so great
[02:47.28]Now it's nothing but hate love
[02:49.29]is too damn abusive
[02:50.21]Cuz whatever you love you lose it
[02:51.98]That's why I feel sorry for
[02:53.57]your mother
[02:55.27]I tried to take that hurt away
[02:57.12]from her
[02:57.68]but she can't escape the pain
[02:59.37]or recover
[03:00.17]so she sits alone by the
[03:01.40]candle light crying at night
[03:03.14]she sounds like this
[03:06.55]I feel sorry for your mother
[03:08.91]She can't escape the pain or
[03:09.64]recover
[03:10.92]This is what a widow sounds like
[03:12.60]losing
[03:13.37]her child's life it's like this
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