Dark Knight

Okay, okay, if you can't answer that then
What um
What
What did he mean to our family, What was his impact, What was his role for our family

Okay I can answer that
He was basically
Outside of Mama he was the head of the family
You know and once Mama died it was like
Well he was always the big man of the family
You can ask your Daddy about that
But yeah he was the
Everybody looked up to Elijah and respected Elijah everybody
So his role was the protector the family
That's what he basically did and he looked out for all of us
So yeah

How would you say he did so

Mmmmm
If you needed something he was there for you

He was cool
Yeah he the was cool
Everybody's cool Uncle and I was everybody's cool Auntie

I've been missing you
Lately I've been missing you
Yeah
I've been missing you
I've been missing you
Only thing that's missing now is you
Only thing that's missing now is you

I'm writing this on my iPhone
Remember road trips to Chicago
Backseat sleep with my eyes closed
You felt like an Idol
Man
We looked at you like an idol
But I'm not looking for sorrow
My memory bank is Wells Fargo
My Pops drove the Monte Carlo
State to state like cargo
Yeah
Like cargo

It's Summertime in Chicago
That's known for survival
But I was from Michigan
A different experience
So how would I know
A tough pill to swallow
See we arrived in the daytime
I knew once we cross the stateline
That we were bound to have a great time
And it was a great time
I'm still learning to make time
Yeah
Then there you go
This was a tall black man with a beard on his face
And some real long dreads and he had a little gray
But was cool as a fan yeah that's what my Pops say
He would show a lot of love I never seen him show hate

He was a tall black man with a beard on his face
And some real long dreads and he had a little gray
But was cool as a fan yeah that's what my Pops say
He would show a lot of love I never

It's some things I internalize
But other times I need to get it out so I verbalize a certain side
Sometimes I sit and I wonder why it still hurt inside
It's almost like you was leading the tribe
Felt like we needed more time
Guess I'm just speaking my mind
Maybe I'm seeking to find answers to questions that I was destined and eager to find
Searching the surface but I now I see that it's deeper to find
Yeah
Just never thought you would leave us behind

But then the nighttime came
This could've been a movie yeah it might seem strange
Headed to the movies just to watch Bruce Wayne
Dark Knight vibes but I found my way
I done found my
And I was only thirteen
Knew that this was something that I couldn't unsee
Rolling ten deep but was glued to the screen
Seen you as hero but really you were a king
But really you were
Yeah
Let me tell bout a man that I admire
Cause I know you made my Pops a better father
Let me tell bout a man that I admire
Cause I know you made my Pops a better father
Yeah
See this is Storytelling at its finest
Let me tell bout my uncle named Elijah
This is Storytelling at its finest
Let me tell bout my uncle named Elijah

And I've been missing you
I been missing you
And lately I've been missing you
I been missing you
Only thing thats missing now is you
Only thing thats missing now is you

I didn't want it to be
You know and in my eyes I know everybody is gonna have to die
But what he meant I never just
Thought that he would ever leave this Earth

Yeah that's what Uncle Elijah was
He was just the strength and the oldest
So I guess he just felt like you know, he had to be there for us

It's just his, It's through his life experience he would come to you and talk to you about stuff

He would just be mad mad mad at somebody
Mad
Whenever he was mad at somebody he would call me and talk about it
Like one of my brothers and sisters
He'll call me and talk to me about it
Or me and him would be right there together and he'd be like
When I see that
Im gon put my
And then he'd see them
And then he'd see them
And he'd go up to them and give them a hug and then he'd look back at me
And I couldn't do nothing but laugh