Abel & Cain

My love's from cradle to grave I had to go my separate ways The hardest road I have to pave I really miss those younger days Why did it have to change Not speaking seems so strange Who or what's to really blame And it hurts hearing your name You'll always be my brother I can feel tears from our mother So close now we ain't speaking What approval are you seeking Could've had greatness together I wanted you to be better Through the storms that we weather Nigel listen to this letter Why do you fall from grace In my eyes you were a legend Memories I can never erase A role model was represented I know life has you tested But you never learn a lesson Too numb off the injections Mind wandering directions Why do you burn connections In mirrors facing reflections It's a tough pill to swallow When a life lived is hollow This is what comes full circle I climbed over my hurdles You're on spinning wheels like gerbils The ink's spilling from my journal I love you from a distance And it was from that one instance I have to be Tony's protection When heroine's your selection I support a lotta dreams You won't support on your own Feeling lost in your teens Affects when you're grown I believed when you didn't Even when you felt it's finished The sparks are really diminished You were lacking commitment How bad was it wanted Failures leaving you haunted Even with gifts and the talent You couldn't maintain balance So I carry what you couldn't I can't fold and I wouldn't Our first single was greatness I'm on clouds feeling weightless Thinking of what could've been On beats getting it in One of seven deadly sins The jealously's within Half your age making movements Critical of improvements Hop out a box like a Rubik's Push myself harder in music Pick up where the buck stops Were you a victim of cops It's your own stupidity Pride aside feel humility A product of bad decisions Crash dummy in collisions Never seeing your potential I'll pass back the pencil I've earned my credential Stories crafted from a stencil Your passion became my vision How'd you lose sight of the mission Moments for the taking Musical strides in the making A remnant of the past I had to stop giving my last Investing in studio sessions It was all for your progression Establishing connections Now I'm alone in sections A tale of two prodigies Stars written like astrologies But I chose to use a mic' You chose needles and pipes We'll never be alike Products of different types Cover my bruises with ice My heart and body pays a price If I'm caught in a vice Aim precise so I don't shoot twice Walked miles in my Nikes Care less for views and likes Take a glimpse into life Open wounds from a knife All for love of family I'm losing my sanity Nigel it hurts to witness You battling this sickness The drugs and depression Your face changes expression I know the thoughts you question Will people understand my message Advisory in discretion Ship sails into a wreckage Succumbing to the pressure Wanting life to get better The .38 under the dresser And write a suicidal letter Wishing the goals amounted If words on a page counted Wishing you were grounded Doubts have you surrounded You're your own worst enemy Demons in this Hennessy I'm suffering mentally Two brothers needing serenity I'm leading by example Risk taker so it's a gamble Putting my all into this booth Saying goodbye to my youth You're in your forties Still searching for glory In bars talking to Shorties Ma Dukes ain't proud of this story Sniffing coke since a teen Lost in the same routine Forced to choose between Gloria or finally getting clean Euphoria from the syringe So lifted off the binge You ain't who I grew up with I'm with a bottle of fifth You were supposed to be greater Sad I gotta say see you later I gotta focus on this paper Lungs filled with the vapor Exhaling my inner pain In a story of Abel and Cain It's from cradle to grave The hardest road I had to pave Exhaling my inner pain In a story of Abel and Cain It's from cradle to grave The hardest road I had to pave