Wanted You to Know

The way I'm feeling as I write this, I can't put in words

Feel like my soul left my body the moment I heard

Thinking back to when we was kids rapping, making beats

Praying to God I wouldn't lose ya out here in these streets

But you was a soldier, you never would accept defeat

You kept ya head in the game and never took a seat

You was determined to make it your mind once a week

And if you saw me dying, you'd wipe the tears off my cheek

If only you was here to wipe them tears for me now

My mom really just knowing that you won't be around

R.I.P. to my Black king you deserve a crown

Little brother, you live on in my heart, not in the ground

I'ma do my best to help water the seeds you left behind

She's so much like you, so sensitive and kind

Niecey, Auntie love you, you call me anytime

Be strong, you'll always be your daddy's sunshine, be

We standing right here with ya, soldier

Everybody's gonna miss you, my soldier

No fear 'cause the battle isn't over

We would give anything just to hold ya

May God's love and mercy unfold ya

He's the truth, way, and life, that's what they told ya

Thinking of you and we praying for you every day

In our hearts you will always stay

To everybody else on the surface, seem like I'm cool

But deep inside my heart is bleeding, I don't know what to do

I lost so many to violence, this world so cold and cruel

I didn't want to believe that one day it would be you

You had so much potential, but they locked it all in a cage

I'm so sorry you lost your life at such a young age

But I know you're peaceful now 'cause here you dealt with so much rage

In the end I'll always defend ya, honoring every stage

I can remember the days and nights that we prayed together

All of the stories we made up, the games we played together

I knew that God would bless us, we was gon' get paid together

No separation between us, we always stuck together

Looking at your picture right now, I'm thinking, man, what happened?

You look so radiant with that big smile, laughing and dancing

Mom, I can't imagine your pain knowing that he's gone

But he ascended as a king and now he's on his throne

We standing right here with ya, soldier

Everybody's gonna miss you, my soldier

No fear 'cause the battle isn't over

We would give anything just to hold ya

May God's love and mercy unfold ya

He's the truth, way, and life, that's what they told ya

Thinking of you and we praying for you every day

In our hearts you will always stay

We standing right here with ya, soldier

Everybody's gonna miss you, my soldier

No fear 'cause the battle isn't over

We would give anything just to hold ya

May God's love and mercy unfold ya

He's the truth, way, and life, that's what they told ya

Thinking of you and we praying for you every day

In our hearts you will always stay