Phora - Deeper Than Blood lyrics

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(Intro)

Sometimes pain runs deeper than blood

Sometimes karma turns back on the people you love

Sometimes you gotta let go and turn the other way

We're just fighting for the other day

Cuz everything has a cause, you might not like the effect

A heart full of pain and a life of regrets

For us to make certain choices that you might not respect

In this world full of hate just a child of neglect

(Verse)

He was breathing in cigarette smoke, watching cartoons

Loud yells coming from the other room

Landlord banging on the door asking

Where the fucking rent at, cuz it's 30 days overdue

Nobody answers it, they was smoking up the house

Like they ain't know the shit was cancerous

But his mom's still tryna quit

She ain't got no-one to depend on, to provide for her kid

She workin' two jobs, barely makin' enough to fill a stomach

Still filled with nothing, hard times, she can feel 'em comin'

And it's been that way for a while

She raising a fatherless child, see the pain in her smile

She got unpayed bills piling up on the counter

No matter how close to the edge she got, there was something about her

It never let her lose hope, even when she hit rock bottom

She feels the noose around her neck, it's just a loose rope

But it's only getting tighter, suffocating her slowly

She's a lover and a fighter, but something just keeps her lonely

She got a collect call, but she already know who it's from

She took a deep breath, answered the phone and begun

She said "I gotta move on with my life, I told you it's done"

"Plus it's been too long since you've spoke to your son"

"It's not about me and it's not about you anymore"

"It's not about running the streets acting a fool anymore"

"You gone for seven years, it's nothing you can do anymore"

"Cuz I lost everything, I just can't bare to lose anymore"

"You see, there's somebody else, not because I'm in love"

"Becuz I needed some help, the type of help you can't provide"

"I'm sick of waiting, I'm sick of waiting around knowin'"

"You might not make it out alive"

"Sick of not having someone by my side"

"Sick of our kids asking where's their daddy"

"I'm sick of just tellin' em these lies"

"I'm just sick of it all, and if you ever make parole"

"And have plans for the future, please, don't get us involved"

"Don't call, don't write, and most of all, leave my child alone"

"And before he could say a word, all he heard was the dial tone"

(Verse 2)

As his mother put down the phone, he heard her saying

"God, I need you right now, please, just show me a sign"

"My heart is bleeding right now" but he was only a kid

So he really didn't know much

Still tryna understand why his mother cried so much

Father's day was the worse, cuz they ain't have no money in the bank

So it felt like every holiday was a curse

And his birthday just passed, he's gettin' ready for a lonely Christmas

They say his dad is gone fo' business, but he knows the difference

Startin' to forget his father's face and what it looked like

No bedtime stories, no good mornings, no good nights

Just a 'good luck' from the judge, his life would change with a sentence

Slam the gavel down, he's found guilty of all the offences

On the other side of the fence, left his child defenceless

How he fends for himself but he feels so relentless

His momma's boyfriend drinks until his daemons come out

The liquor takes control of his soul, he don't speak with his mouth

He speaks with his fist, disagree, get beat till you piss

The type of pain that make you put a knife in yo wrist

(Outro)

Sometimes, the choices you make

They don't only affect you

But affect the people you love and care about

You see, I wish I could say it's never too late

But I would only be lying to you

Because time, the people we love, are the only two things

We never get back in this world