You was only 16 momma, just still so young
Not ready for a life tryin to raise a son
And plus in the middle of minilan slums
I don’t blame you for leavin me and chosin to run
Another mouth to feed another cause fo trouble
Growin up in a heap amonst the dust and rubble
With best intentions you put me wit dem other kids
And you dropped me off at an orphanage
And then when I was just bout 2 year old
I got picked up, came to Minnesota
But I came back to see you when I turned 4
I remember walking up to that open door
Then we walked up the steps and we came inside
I ran into your arms tears pourin for yo eyes
and I felt the greatest love I ever felt in my life
I didn’t fully understand but I couldn’t stop cryin
The very next year I had just turned 5
We got the letter in the mail sayin you had just died
Chorus: I can feel your presence every time that I breath in
I close my eyes and it’s you that I’m seein
The way you smile is like a reflection of mine
And I know deep in my heart there will come a time
No more tears to cry or questions why
It’ll be you and me momma one day in the sky
Together at last standin side by side
Just you and me momma one day in the sky
And growin up over here yeah my family was cool
but they'll never compare to bein there wit you
if they only could see all the shit I been through
but I never really told em so they never really knew
and there was just so many different times as a child
when I had no one to run to and no where to hide
and no sense of belonging thats no good for a kid
used to wonder why my lips and nose was so big
and why my skin was so dark it just didn't make sense
being in a family and having no resemblance
so distanced myself i was out on my own
and became the quiet kid that liked being alone
so den growin up I became my own man
never wanted help never did I need an extra hand
but that made me into who I am today
it was the best road wouldn’t want it any other way
Chorus
not a day goes by where i don't question my life
if i could of stayed with you would you still be alive?
having me by your side we'd find a way to survive
talkin bout our days way late into the night
youd watch me grow up, you'd get to grow old
tellin all my kids all the same stories you told
I think about and maybe that just wasnt the case
if i woulda stayed with you would we'd of shared the same fate
so maybe you just gave me a second chance to live
back den in da day when you did what you did
writin rhymes all the time just tryin to get big
came a long ways from the days when I was a kid
now I'm blowin up, gonna do a couple shows
up on stage wit a microphone and nice clothes
I pray that up in heaven you can see all that i've done
so you can look down on me and be proud of your son
-Andres
