LIFE (feat. David B, Janayna, Elisha Coleman)

[Intro]

I used to cry

Very painfully

Sometimes I was like, will I be able to stay to see these children to collect this injection?

I will be crying in National Hospital

Anyway we thank God that we are talking about it and we are not talking about any deformities that came as a result of that

Cause after that you’ve gone to India, you’ve had surgery, you’ve come back

God has helped you Nathan

God has really helped you

So you have to be thankful to God everyday

Be grateful

[Verse 1]

Sitting in that chair I was slowly letting go

Losing my grip on life but at that moment didn’t know

That it might be a couple seconds before I was no more

That was right before my body dropped and hit the floor

I might have seen the light, it might have been a sign

I think I heard the Lord say, not your time to die

And then my my whole life flashed right before my eyes

Think back to the beginning where it all started from

April 1995, I came out alive

Mama held me in her arms

Think she might have cried

She said that you a gift from God

Joy in her eyes

Never want that feeling that she felt to ever die

Then my two brothers came a couple years down the line

Yeah

Those my niggas till the day that I die

Really proud of who they’ve become

Like they both were my sons

Reminiscing on the times when we were all young

Mama dressing us the same like we was triplets

Singing us hymns

Designing the trees

Certain days I see my life in fucking snippets

Like when it was all good

Till it wasn’t all good

Daddy was never around too much

Didn’t get along

Convinced he never loved us just the way that he loved golf

Used to be ashamed of my mum

Now I love her so much

Cause she the only one who been there through the shit that I’ve done

Telling her lies, making her cry

She was disappointed way too many times

Telling her lies, making her cry

I see the sadness swelling in her eyes

[Chorus]

Hope these walls won’t cave in

Won’t cave in

Hope these walls won’t cave in

Won’t cave in

Hmmmmmmmmm (Cave in)

Hmmmmmmmmm (Cave in)

Hmmmmmmmmm (Cave in)

Hmmmmmmmmm (Cave in)

[Verse 2]

At 13 became a man, or so I thought

I had started making plans in hopes for the worst

Became a business man had to put in that work

To pay for studio session in hopes that this music shit work

Mama selling her jewelry just to get us some some food

Daddy work late nights every penny pursued

Trinna put my ass through college put my brothers through school

Paying for hospitals bills since we was bout two

And then shit went left and then nothing seemed right

Then I was talking to God

Like would you look at my life?

Barely make it till tomorrow

I was holding on tight

Always faking a smile

Knowing shit wasn’t right

Most times I wanted to shout

But the words don’t come out

Yeah

I don been through hell

I don been through shit

I don been through the worst

I used to think I was cursed

Damn

[Outro]

Hmmmmmmmmm

Hmmmmmmmmm

Hmmmmmmmmm

Hmmmmmmmmm (Cave in)

Hmmmmmmmmm

Hmmmmmmmmm

Hmmmmmmmmm

Hmmmmmmmmm (Cave in)