In the Name of the Father
Sometimes it takes a tragedy to open up your eyes
Before you come to understand/ Before you realize
What you been missing/ What you been dissing
What you took for granted, but now there's no replacin'
Grew up an only child and everything was fine,
But as I grew older/ As the years passed in time
Distant as the moon I became, annoyed was I
By your constant nagging/ Don't wanna criticize
A bad little teen was I had become
Didn't want to listen/ One word and I was done
But little did I know/ these lessons that you taught
For my own good/your advice I shoulda sought
But now it's all over/ ashes to ashes and dust to dust
Is it too late/ hope it's not/ try is what I must
The message is my rhyme/ God is who I trust
Chorus:
In the name of the father is who I pray
I wish you was here with me to stay
I took it for granted that you were here
But now in my heart is where I hold you near
In the name of the father is who I pray
I wish to God that you was here today
Hear these words cuz these words are sincere
I'd give everything and anything to hold you near
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I look to the sky and see you in the stars
I hope you can see what's in my swollen heart
Much love to you is what I'm trying to give
Didn't show it much when you was on earth to live
Now I've grown up from a boy to man
Respect I give/Honors across the land
You left before I got to say goodbye
Sudden it was/ could do nothing but cry
The message that I bring is a heartfelt one
Give love to the living/ don't stop giving some
No telling when/ next moment they'll be gone
You could be singing another sad love song
My chance passed/ ashes to ashes and dust to dust
Is it too late/ hope it's not/ try is what I must
The message is my rhyme/ God is who I trust
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I look to the future/ your light shines on me
Wanna make you proud so everyone can see
The success I bring/ the joy of life that springs
Eternally up through my heart/ make the birds sing
Spread your teachings foward/ onward from finish to start
Over and above, underneath, light and through the dark
To my own son I'd be sure to make him learn
I only hope that I can be half the man you were
Not much left to bring or words to say,
'Cept one last thing I'd like to convey
Much love to you and all the ancestral folks
I'll be seeing you next as I enter the crossroads
Redemption at last/ ashes to ashes and dust to dust
Is it too late/ hope it's not/ try is what I must
The message is my rhyme/ God is who I trust
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