Gravyn van de Buurt - Scattered Papers Lyrics

[Intro]
Letters scattered on the floor
Trying to piece you back together, bro
Rotterdam took more than your address
Now I'm left with static and regret

[Verse 1]
Dear Marcus, I found your last voicemail today
Broken Dutch and English, what you tried to say
Remember running through them projects, both age eight?
Before they pushed your fam' across state
Paper trails and welfare forms
Your pops working double shifts through storms
You said "system got us f*cked" - you weren't wrong
Now I'm reading headlines, shit, you're gone

[Chorus]
Lost in translation, lost in Rotterdam
Letters never sent, words I never can
Static on the line, memories fade to black
Wish I could've brought my homie back

[Verse 2]
School system failed you, streets became your teach
Dealing on corners, just trying to make ends meet
Your mama crying on the phone, couldn't reach
Her baby boy slipping through the breach
Found you cold in some project hall
Another statistic they won't recall
But I remember you before the fall
When dreams weren't blocked by concrete walls

[Chorus]
Lost in translation, lost in Rotterdam
Letters never sent, words I never can
Static on the line, memories fade to black
Wish I could've brought my homie back

[Outro]
Rest easy Marcus, this system's rigged
But your story lives on, I won't let it slip
Through the static, through the noise
I hear you clear now, my Rotterdam boy