Condolences

When someone's alive you don't wanna think they'll be gone

And perhaps the place they went to is the place they belong

And if you think about it life is short and it won't be long

Till you both be reconnected in an alternate form

Till this day I think of my dad and often I mourn

He worked to get me a better life than his since I was born

He brought the fam to America young and raised a son

Till the angels came to pick him up, he had his run

Would play vinyl in the crib and play tapes in the car

Bob Marley and Jimmy Cliff he held in major regard

Not conscious of the fact I was absorbing the soul

He broke the mould I peeped game, the young soldier would grow

He said don't forget your roots as a youth, he took me back there

To the motherland, the lifestyle I did the math there

Wouldn't believe the pain I felt, I kissed his forehead

Was cold his soul left and flew back to the source

My condolences to all who experienced a loss

When you see a loved one's body and soul divorce

Nothing can prepare you when that bombshell hit

But there's a reason why you here so let their memory live

My condolences to all who experienced the loss

When you see a loved one's body and soul divorce

Nothing can prepare you when that bombshell hit

But there's a reason why you here so let their memory live

So thin is the thread upon which our life hangs

And we tend to put so much weight on light things

And we take so much for granted, the beauty that life brings

Often take the short benefit 'stead of the right thing

Life's a test what the humans endure it's truly yours

Playing music while I'm touring this earth like troubadour

Life is fleeting oxygen ain't free, we pay the price for breathing

That's why I try to do what I do for the right reason

Mad regrets promise not to let the guilt hold me

Death gives meaning to life a Haitian woman told me

I live mines didn't buy the dreams you sold me

I died and resurrected, I'm different than the old me

Pour liquor for the homies who didn't live to see

Our accomplishments and still we acknowledge their history

When the flame fizzles and transitions to something more

We know it and we still miss 'em and it hurts much

My condolences to all who experienced a loss

When you see a loved ones body and soul divorce

Nothing can prepare you when that bombshell hit

But there's a reason why you here so let their memory live

Peace dad we much alike we don't really show emotion

Rarely opened up to each other but we be knowing

You taught me discipline having respect for myself

To be a good man and show the world the best of myself

When you broke out and had to do what you do I understood

I made the most of what I had don't worry I'm good

Forever thankful and privileged to have you there

I'm glad to be part of your legacy, I'm glad you cared