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Goin' Through It
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Brother Ali
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They say the C word eatin' his body up He 20 and already runnin' out of luck They shot him up with a pile of drugs Ain't been able to concentrate in about a month In college with a full sports scholarship First in the family with that exact accomplishment Momma spent her young life caught up in the gig To get up in a crib to raise a child up in He told me, “Most people never live.” Said that death is liberating if you just admit Every second is a gift, our denial is deceiving They don't even believe it til the moment that they leavin' Please, Uncle Ali, don't you dare cry for me You don't know nobody probably as alive as me My eyes finally open wide enough to see The sacred vibrations surroundin' me It ain't the medication talking, I'm not crazy I already done started walking, y'all can't save me The greatest gift God ever gave me: All this pourin' out and my home-girl's baby My people are goin' through it, through it My family goin' through it, through it My loved ones goin' through it, through it I don't know how they do it, do it My people are goin' through it, through it My family goin' through it, through it My loved ones goin' through it, through it I don't see how they do it, do it She got off all the drugs that did, did It's borderline amazing that she lived, lived Husband and a couple healthy kids Feel guilty for the ones that never made it through them years But she said detoxing ain't the worst case It's only so long that the physical hurt stays Once you get ‘em out your system Now you're forced to revist all the reasons that you did them in the first place They don't leave You may try to evacuate So you escape Go ahead and hit that. You straight You make your bag ‘fore it's too late Surprise, guess who's waiting right there for you when you get back Years since the last hit of anything Every now and then, still feel ashamed And still self-medicating by a different name Really hope the baby don't inherit that specific pain I can't lie, sometimes I wish I didn't exist I think of all the flyness that I would've missed I put that on the love of the kids I wouldn't trade one minute of this My people are goin' through it, through it My family goin' through it, through it My loved ones goin' through it, through it I don't see how they do it, do it My people are goin' through it, through it My family goin' through it, through it My loved ones goin' through it, through it I don't see how they do it, do it They had an anniversary to celebrate It's gonna take a lot more than a dinner date Forty years in the game, their feelings still the same Chill and wave goodbye and hit the interstate How them old school couples do Bangin' all the music first fell in love to Think of all the experience they hung through Somethin' all them years strugglin' can't undo He woke up to a close call Drivin' through the night and he musta dozed off Swerved to the right, lost control of the car Hit a patch of ice on the road and rolled off Last thing he remember is the car rollin' Everything started happenin' in slow motion When he woke up, the whole fam' standin' over Nobody had to say it, it was all on them He attended the funeral in his wheelchair He told her, “Ma, I'm still here.” And if you remain patient through the pain When it's through doin' it's thing, the gratitude remains There's very few things sweeter when your love is your wealth I knew that woman longer than y'all have known yourself There are no mistakes in beginnings and ends So long my sweet friend Until we meet again My people are goin' through it, through it My family goin' through it, through it My loved ones goin' through it, through it I don't know how they do it, do it My people are goin' through it, through it My family goin' through it, through it My loved ones goin' through it, through it I don't see how they do it, do it
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