Same Story (My Dedication) (feat. Liz Fullerton)

[Verse 1]

You came into my mother’s life at the right time
 More than a step-father, more of like a lifeline
 She ain’t really had happiness since my pop died
 She was living but living is always not alive
 And my momma should be treated like a queen
 You gave her everything she ever needed like a queen
 Probably the most gentle I ever seen
 The love y’all shared I never seen in human beings
 Y’all were together twelve years, never no fights
 Not even a little argument, that was so nice
 Three of us eating dinner together most nights
 Working seven days a week, that ain’t no life
 But never once did I hear you complain
 Even when they let you go never hear you with blame
 It take a real man to walk through the rain
 He was a real man who got sick and fought through the pain

[Chorus]

They say that things just cannot grow
 Beneath the winter snow
 And so I have been told

They say we’re very far
 Just like a distant star
 I simply cannot hold

[Verse 2]

I walked in that morning and knew something was wrong
 I tried to talk to you Rock, you didn’t respond
 I called 9-1-1 and then ran for my moms
 Waiting for the ambulance and I tried to be calm
 Moms went with you, I stayed and held down the fort
 I was nervous, I was crying and really distraught
 I was alone by myself, just left with my thoughts
 Mommy called, told me that you had a stroke and fought
 I ain’t seen a hospital since my father died
 I don’t like it there, memories is locked inside
 When I walked inside the room we started to cry
 I was just so happy that you was alive
 And you told you how much that you hate the hospital
 And that they thieves are trying to keep their pockets full
 I think I hold myself a little bit responsible
 When you was smoking all the time I wasn’t stopping you
 Nevertheless you came home and that was real
 lot of therapy and doctors gave you lots of pills
 You couldn’t thrive anymore, you had to stop and chill
 And that’s too much for anybody that can stop your will
 But you never got back to your norm
 You was proud, didn’t want any help from my mom
 I left for tour and you asked me how long I’d be gone
 And I could see inside your eyes you knew something was wrong
 I got back mommy told me you was sick again
 Couldn’t believe that we was going through this [bad word] again
 I love you Rock and I’m always gonna miss you friend
 And for me it’s just the same story, different pen

[Chorus x 2]