i cried yesterday

I cried yesterday and spoke your name for the first time in a long time
New pain, this both eyes
I walked down to the river bank, looked up to God and
I know a lot of people ask you why
But I know death is just a part of life
I cried yesterday and spoke your name for the first time in a long time
Wish that you was by my side, wise mind to tell me it's alright
Tell me still love, all through the wrong and the right

Grief, hardest pill we could swallow, so we full throttle
To empty bottles and pot smoke
I came from Shongo
Ifa, Orisha, mottos
Keeping the family tight, so they going wherever I go
Blink of an eye though, life cycles, we gather from different time zones to keep strong what they would try to stifle
And I'm at school with white folks
Damn, shit
You know how that go
And you would tell me slow down, and you could tell by how I drum how
I'm moving through town, and I don't even drum now
It broke my heart to even say it out loud
We've been apart but I still feel you around, Energy like a shroud
And either way the school shit go down, you'd look at me proud
How am I supposed to still love when these drugs give me hugs
And this rum fill my cup until I pass out, black out
Woman would rather cash out, give them love and they back out
We playing tit for tat now, I'm broken up to the max now
Wish we could have a sit down and talk about how it is now
Wish we could have a sit down
And I wish we could have a sit down and talk about how

I cried yesterday and spoke your name for the first time in a long time
New pain, this both eyes
I walked down to the river bank, looked up to God and
I know a lot of people ask you why
But I know death is just a part of life
I cried yesterday and spoke your name for the first time in a long time
Wish that you was by my side, wise mind to tell me it's alright
Tell me still love, all through the wrong and the right