text: My momma said I didn’t come into this world with tears
  Instead, I welcomed her with open eyes and open ears
  Became the glue to a few things that couldn’t be repaired
  We saw our future in each other, blending hope and fear
  Some things you don’t get to decide, it’s just a fate you share
  I used to try to hold the weight that she would need to bear
  Watched uncles going on vacation for a couple years
  When thеy came back they needed clothеs and had no souvenirs
  I pick up the phone, they’re calling us from correction
  But nothing is wrong, it’s filling my heart with questions
  My momma is home, I’m following her expressions
  A drop in her tone, some things that she had to mention
  I nodded, I listened, she had all of my attention
  When you on your own, there gonna be some directions
  I need you to follow and never make an exception
  I nodded; she held me and wished I would be protected
  You always used to tell me
  I can be anything I wanna be
  But its hard to see
  Its hard to be
  You always used to tell me
  I can be anything I wanna be
  But its hard to see
  Its hard to be with you
  On my sucker-free shit since I was a fetus
  Pullin’ up at the doc in a Mazda 626
  Bet my dad was trippin’ bad, hit the gas like car-chase
  Light blue in the back, momma gettin labor pains
  Dropped my sister at the Bulls like house was twenty-three
  Sweat dripping down my face like river runnin’ free
  Dark morning with the fog pourin’ in and out the trees
  Every movement through they eyes seem to zoom at lightspeed
  Before me, she lost one, stillborn tragedy
  Grittin’ the teeth down to the root, pain like a cavity
  Holdin hands like they glued, radio channel on news
  Valentines with a X up on the calendar
  They knew I would be a fuckin’ baller like them posters on the wall
  A little stain could be the beauty in it all
  Amidst all the trouble, most your luck was rubbin’ off
  Stickin’ to you like moss—you my Kate, you my rock
  Forever
  You always used to tell me
  I can be anything I wanna be
  But its hard to see
  Its hard to be
  You always used to tell me
  I can be anything I wanna be
  But it’s hard to see
  Its hard to be with you
  Here I go, Im gonna spread my wings
  All grown up, let go and look at me
  Youll always be 
  A part of me 
  Here I go, Im gonna spread my wings
  All grown up, let go and look at me
  Youll always be 
  A part of me 
  Thats why
  A part of me, a part of me, a part of me, a part of me
  A part of me, a part of me, a part of me, a part of me
  Thats why