[Intro]

[Verse 1: Dom McLennon]

My mama said I didn’t come into this world with tears

Instead, I welcomed her with open eyes and open ears

Became the glue to a few things that couldn’t be repaired

We saw our future in each other, blending hope and fear

Some things you don’t get to decide, it’s just a fate you share

I used to try to hold the weight that she would need to bear

Watched uncles going on vacation for a couple years

When thеy came back they needed clothеs and had no souvenirs

I pick up the phone, they’re calling us from correction

But nothing is wrong, it’s filling my heart with questions

My mama is home, I’m following her expressions

A drop in her tone, some things that she had to mention

I nodded, I listened, she had all of my attention

"When you on your own, there gonna be some directions

I need you to follow and never make an exception"

I nodded; she held me and wished I would be protected

[Chorus: Joba, Zuri Marley & Christian Alexander]

You always used to tell me

I can be anything I wanna be

But it's hard to see

It's hard to be

You always used to tell me

I can be anything I wanna be

But it's hard to see

It's hard to be with you

[Verse 2: Matt Champion]

On my sucker-free shit since I was a fetus

Pullin’ up at the doc in a Mazda 626

Bet my dad was trippin’ bad, hit the gas like car-chase

Light blue in the back, mama gettin' labor pains

Dropped my sister at the Bulls' like house was twenty-three

Sweat drippin' down my face like river runnin’ free

Dark morning with the fog pourin’ in and out the trees

Every movement through they eyes seem to zoom at lightspeed

Before me, she lost one, stillborn tragedy

Grittin’ the teeth down to the root, pain like a cavity

Holdin' hands like they glued, radio channel on news

Valentines with a "X" up on the calendar

They knew I would be a fuckin’ baller like them posters on the wall

A little stain could be the beauty in it all

Amidst all the trouble, most your luck was rubbin’ off

Stickin’ to you like moss—you my Kate, you my rock

Forever

[Chorus: Joba, Zuri Marley & Christian Alexander]

You always used to tell me

I can be anything I wanna be

But it's hard to see

It's hard to be

You always used to tell me

I can be anything I wanna be

But it’s hard to see

It's hard to be with you

[Bridge: Joba]

Here I go, I'm gonna spread my wings

All grown up, let go and look at me

You'll always be (You'll always be)

A part of me (A part of me)

Here I go, I'm gonna spread my wings

All grown up, let go and look at me

You'll always be (You'll always be)

A part of me (A part of me)

That's why

[Outro: Joba]

A part of me, a part of me, a part of me, a part of me

A part of me, a part of me, a part of me, a part of me

That's why