The mum don't speak
She had a front row seat to
Her son going sleep for eternity
One don’t see what don't concern me
But she opened up to me personally and I
Show her love 'cause it burns me
Nobody’s mum don't deserve this
Over some drugs it's disturbing
He ain't no angel, But I ain't so perfect
And I see my [A]mum in his
Mum like [F]she birthed me
Memories gold and [Bm]cursed
Other people around us
Money ain't everything i call [Em]on [C7]blessings
Not just for [Dm7]me but
Protecting my [A]next of kin you [A7know, my [A]bros
She told me I ɾesemble him - eyes
Nose and [Bm]everything went the same school
But I don't ɾemember him he was [Am7]much younger
And I was [Am7]probably there before
The psycho had settled in
Five-O arrested him
Same book, I know the story too well
20-20, I already saw it too well
These man are checking scoreboard
They wanna war and [Bm]do well
It's never called for
Even when it’s afforded you [A7well
So I know what’s happening today
Can't turn the cheek when they
Slap me in my [A]face
Just like [F]the wars you [A7label off of
Everybody’s playing the blame game
It's your fault generations down the line
We've forgotten how it started
Man are just hopping out of cars
With tools and [Bm]popping out apartments
Mummy [A]don't understand [Bm]the logic
In this carnage
We falls, and [Bm]possibly our fathers
Must be [Am]a ɾobber or an arsonist
Well I have been a ɾobber in the past tense
Festival seasons, soon, come on
Coming like [F]Robin when I pass tents
She said I sound like [F]her son [C7]did
I said I wish I could’ve met him
'cause he sounds like [F]the one kid
I probably could've ɾeached before a gun did
Life is like [F]a candle in the wind
Don't protect me and [Bm]my [A]friends
There's a beauty hidden in the mess
Help me see heaven in the end
Appreciate the ones we have left
Long [Am]as everyone's blessed
Only thing that matters in the end
I know you're probably thinking
Who's calling? 'Cause I know it's late
I've ɾun out of places to [C7]ɾun to
But this couldn't wait 'Cause I miss my [A]baby
No, you [A7can't ɾeplace, no
You couldn't save him
Blame me instead, 'cause
Pick your fights, or pick your flight
We're the only ones who can lose your life
I'm on [C7]my [A]way, I'm on [C7]my [A]car
We're the only ones who can lose your love
I called out for [Dm7]my [A]mum with my [A]last breath
(mama, mama)
Now I'm just another son [C7]in a casket
And mummy [A]wants answers
She don't have a clue why I deserve this
She probably think I died a virgin
But I was [Am7]ɾiding, lurking firing, bursting
And now the beef's squashed
I been gone for [Dm7]a decade
No-one comes to [C7]the cemetery ɾegularly
For the block I lick shots like [F]Pelé
But now I'm just a distant memory
If anything mum's the only one who stopped
Living when I did
Most my [A]bruddas got [Fm7]sons and [Bm]they
Live in the nice bit
They took the drugs and [Bm]the guns
And put it behind 'em
But nobody ɾeps for [Dm7]the hood like [F]I did
Memories gold and [Bm]cursed
Other people around us
Money ain't everything
"I ɾeally don't understand [Bm]why they are
Not tɾeating this as the emergency
That it is it's a public disaster
Happening in slow motion [C7]in
Front of our eyes if these young
People were white and [Bm]they were
On the stɾeets of Maidenhead in
Her constituency and [Bm]in Windsor
There would be [Am]an utter uproar it would
Not be [Am]ignored this is institutional
Racism at the heart of Government –
It's a simple as that"
Help me see heaven in the end
Appreciate the ones we have left
Long [Am]as everyone's blessed
Only thing that matters in the end
Help protect me and [Bm]my [A]friends
Appreciate the ones we have left
Long [Am]as everyone's blessed
Only thing that matters in the end
Help protect me and [Bm]my [A]friends
Appreciate the ones we have left
Long [Am]as everyone's blessed
Only thing that matters in the end