Mercy

Broken promises I know we starved I ain't had nobody to hold me up There weren't no heroes in my city it was lonely darg Brittle kid but with a broken heart I wish they loved me just a little more Or was a bit more forgiving for all the things I did before Memories came at a cost when I was up in pain and they was drifting thoughts I know I tried but they shut the door And dad was poorly it was pouring it don't help that we was living poor Had to double check what we was living for, you live and you learn Or you die and you don't Aren't we all afraid growing old and dying alone I shed a tear for my dad Life ain't all chasing the bag Stared in the mirror of truth Learnt to embrace what I have I know there's insecurities I repressed that left a brother scarred And my bro tryna escape from his troubled past Please don't leave me on my own the bridge I'm crossing I see burning down Screaming for grace my own people really aired me out It's 100 degrees My own friend broke the seal and tried to hustle me for p's and left the rubble there for me I hope you find your inner peace I'm still tryna find mine Raise my hands to God, I'm sorry man I crossed a fine line like And I know it hurts But was it all deserved I don't really wanna live the life no more If what they wanted was a war then I ask that you please stay away And this ain't really the vision of the life I saw When it rains it pours lord give me saving grace Give me forgiveness and give me mercy oh I raise my hands I know you heard me Lord I need your light as I traverse through the storm I'm from a place where the good die young and forgiveness is hard I cried an ocean worth of tears for my marge And frankly I ain't clear of my past But I guess that shows a brother he has heart Freedom surging my fingertips I nurtured this for every nightmare my block was living in Friends they stabbed me in my back and watched me bleed out But when you're living in them flats I guess you gotta see it out Role models in my ends I had to be one From my estate the kids don't know that the hole they all burrowed was a deep one I need to clear some space for these m's when I see one I still pray for my friends but for these Em's I had to grieve one Cuh I know that they spite me But I still stand up for my people like I'm Spike Lee, I'm chasing something greater I know no one believed in me when I was on my way up But along the way I guess I learnt to keep them in my prayers because I don't really wanna live the life no more If what they wanted was a war then I ask that you please stay away And this ain't really the vision of the life I saw When it rains it pours lord give me saving grace Give me forgiveness and give me mercy oh I raise my hands I know you heard me Lord I need your light as I traverse through the storm