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Uncle Jay
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O'hene Savant
Featuring(s) : Sheda B
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It's hard to get support from our relatives, I start resentin' ‘em Skipping family meetings, it's seeming like I don't mess with them It's not that, it's just I don't wanna hear y'all crap About a job or joining the service ‘cause I'm not that See nonbelievers argue for their limitations I can tell you're speaking from fear easily from your statements But I'll come to your gathering, briefly But when I see the patterns, please don't get mad when I say I'm dashing and I remember like yesterday or just today Meeting at my Uncle Jay's house, how he stepped away He pulled me to the side and everybody vanished Demanded that I listen, said, “Listen nephew, you have it” He said, “You are the one, and nothing they tell you matters” It's hard to imagine he saw the magic in my rapping But whatever the case, I promise to make it happen You were the voice I needed in the middle of the madness, Uncle Jay It's your voice that carries me through My darkest times when I needed you Speak to me, tell me what to do Keep believing Just keep dreaming I remember being at work at lunch I wouldn't eat Saving up for studio time at the end of the week Salivating, every time somebody brought a plate in It got to the point that I hating being in that basement Then Uncle Jay came in from riding on a bike North Philly to downtown, that's gotta be a hike He's holding up this bag like I gotta see inside Hands it to me, I can smell that it was food, he said “It's mine” It's not about the sandwich, it's really about the time ‘cause he surely couldn't have known I really needed a bite I told him I was thankful, he smiled, got on the bike And as sure as he came, Uncle Jay rolled out of sight Hard to believe this happened, but I'ma make it happen You were the one I needed in the middle of the madness, Uncle Jay It's your voice that carries me through My darkest times when I needed you Speak to me, tell me what to do Keep believing Just keep dreaming The word got out that you passed, some kind of cancer you had We took a trip to DC for the funeral sad We never made it, my cousin got directions twisted But in a way I was ok remembering you was living I never forgot our conversations and your deep poems At times when it got rough, I would use it to keep going But conversations with your siblings, well, one of your sisters As all about how I need to be thinking ‘bout pension And not to mention giving up on my vision of spitting That I don't need to be like Jay, I need to be different ‘cause Jay died with a measly dreaming of riches But how I see it, Jay was broke but he was the richest I told her this is my purpose for waking everyday She nodded with a smirk and then told me, “Ok, Jay” It hurt me then ‘cause I'm thinking he never made it A couple of days later, she saw me on Jeff Majors On television, calling to tell me congratulations When I got on the phone, I asked if I was Jay then Fast forward to now, looks like I made it I got a fan base and the legends praising my greatness The only difference is I'm older with different thinking I understand now there were many people who made me See Uncle Jay lives through me ‘cause of his message I walk with him on red carpets, we are not separate So if she was to tell me the same thing today I would tell her “You were right ‘cause I am Uncle Jay”
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