Seeds

[00:28.38] I woke up today and thought my... my
[00:32.09] Been a while since I heard from you old friend
[00:34.16] Not a text or a email to open
[00:35.93] Let alone a phone call to answer
[00:37.83] And ain't nothing funny
[00:38.94] But I thought you was stand up
[00:40.28] But what is funny is the time it'll take me to finish this verse
[00:43.15] I could've called
[00:43.99] And ask you "the fuck you been up to so long?"
[00:45.88] See a part of me still got love for your player
[00:48.13] Part of me is like "eat a dick you traitor"
[00:50.06] But I suppose that's how the game goes
[00:51.80] When egos collide and dreams you let die
[00:54.07] Come back to haunt you every time you see me shine
[00:55.98] I've been
[00:56.41] Doing well, doing great
[00:57.48] I've been the best I've been since I've been solo
[00:59.31] Since I've been focused
[01:00.35] Still the same me
[01:01.44] Don't smile in my photos
[01:03.26] Tell me where we, tell me where we
[01:05.18] Tell me where we went wrong and faded
[01:07.28] Split at the seams and can't sew mistakes
[01:09.14] And so it seems we can't sew these seeds now
[01:12.27] Speaking of seeds
[01:13.37] I got a daughter now homie
[01:14.39] She's only three, but she extra bossy
[01:16.54] I got her bumpin that Kendrick, Outkast some classic Wu songs
[01:19.44] That Nasty Nas shit that we grew up on
[01:22.18] And I'm still getting used to this fatherhood stuff
[01:24.76] Paranoid that I might let her down
[01:26.33] So I tell her everyday that I love her more than anything
[01:29.08] And you wouldn't believe what happened on the day she was born
[01:31.63] We was on the 14th floor and so proud
[01:34.06] Hearts full of joy and beating so loud
[01:35.91] My folks on their way to see their fourth grandchild, right
[01:38.88] But then I get a call from my brother so vivid
[01:40.64] Mom and dad just got into a head on collision
[01:43.06] Right outside the hospital too, shit
[01:44.86] So now I'm running down to the ER
[01:46.72] Hoping to god that god ain't this twisted
[01:48.89] Hands shaking, heart pounding, head spinning
[01:50.73] Thinking this can't be how this day finish
[01:52.82] But when I found out that they made it out alive
[01:54.97] Shit I could've died, shit I could've died
[01:56.82] Made me realize, made me realize
[01:58.63] This life is so precious
[02:00.04] Shit can change in a heartbeat
[02:01.54] Ain't no use holding grudges or
[02:03.20] Waiting to tell you how much I loved you
[02:05.29] How much you meant to me
[02:06.40] I can't fathom
[02:07.96] Then I went back to the 14th floor
[02:09.77] Held Mimi so tight and gave thanks to the lord
[02:12.14] Made me realize all this music shit is just bonus to me
[02:15.34] I've been living in a heaven but I ain't know it to be
[02:17.65] I guess its kind of why I wrote you this
[02:19.83] And shared these thoughts
[02:20.88] To let you know that I've never forgot
[02:23.29] And even though we strayed and we went separate ways
[02:25.01] I wouldn't be me if I hadn't met you
[02:27.45] I wouldn't be here if we never had met
[02:29.51] Never had a dream, never planted those seeds
[02:31.97] And maybe one day we can try to make amends
[02:34.06] But until then
[02:35.37] I'm sending you much love
[02:36.38] Sincerely an old friend
[02:41.14] (Carnatic singing)
[03:10.80] Wake me with my name
[03:14.93] Quietly with purpose oh
[03:18.80] I remember what beauty is
[03:27.12] Wake me with my name
[03:30.83] Lost some pieces of myself
[03:34.55] But I'm re-learning what beauty is
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