Pass It Down (feat. Hugh Augustine) Video (MV)

My father chose his path
Can't remember when he left
I was 16 months at best
When he hopped up off the map
Can't remember if he cared
Or how he sat next to my bed
Can't remember the tears of my mother
When she packed her bags
A brokenhearted soul like it
Wasn't meant to last
Two children on her lap weeping all alone she sat there
Million fears up in her head
Feeling like she was a failure she went through the roughest patch
Had to grief the loss
Persevered then she got back
When I was older she said
Always know I got your back
Should you choose to find your path
Watch your manners have respect
I can't bring your father back
But I can watch you grow into the man
She used to say I'm everything and nothing like my dad
The resemblance was uncanny every time I did some dirt
Six children with four women I'mma let you do the math
He was flippin' bricks when she found out she got mad
Took em to the bridge and dropped em in the river bed
My god I was way too young
I Never saw the love they shared
By the time that I begun to understand I didn't care
Why am I so numb inside
I'm Feeling so detached
And I can't help but wonder
Is this how you're feeling dad?
Would you do me the honour
Join me as I pray for my father
And all the ones that came before him
Life works in mysterious ways sometimes
We trying to evade doing the same mistakes
And fall into the same circles and life paths
But it all comes back arround

What we sacrifice
For a chance at life
Do we live to die Who's willing to pay the price When my day gon come Gotta pass it on
Better right my wrongs
The time is now
I gotta pass it down
I gotta pass it down
I gotta pass it down
I gotta pass it down
Down down down down down

I used to take a sip and pass it down
I was tryna drown my sorrows
Wasn't thinking bout tomorrow
The weight of the world on my shoulders
Heavier than boulders
Pain from my adolescence
Im suffocating feeling like depression
I wonder if this what daddy felt
My papa was a rolling stone
Chasing money just to bring it home
What it takes to provide
Temptation on your heels
Ain't seen the family in months
And life been getting real
Infidelity I ain't understand
Til I became a man
Opportunity present itself
It fell into my hands
Easy to say what I wouldn't do
I ain't face nothing
Found forgiveness in my heart
I had to pray for it
So I don't pass down curses
I gotta heal from
Generation wealth
I gotta build some
The sins of my father
Ain't no debt for me
And all your sacrifices didn't go unseen

What we sacrifice
For a chance at life
Do we live to die Who's willing to pay the price When my day gon come Gotta pass it on
Better right my wrongs
The time is now
I gotta pass it down
I gotta pass it down
I gotta pass it down
I gotta pass it down
Down down down down down

Everything you are
Everything I am
I wouldn't change it for a thing
All the rights
All the wrongs
All the mistakes
They were all just lessons learned
I love you regardless
Unconditionally
I am you and you are me