Broken Promise

I remember larensin where you have your family house
Where we moved into
Coming from the east to the south
Where I first laid my hand in LAG
OS, thoughts of you make tears choke my chest
The early 80's I was just a baby
But your face is still clear
Cus i used to see you on a daily
Coming back from school was cool
You taught me how to put up a fight
Even if beaten black or blue
George I feel you
Cus part of you was still with me
My favorite cousin remember the
First time you whipped me
You opеned up a lesson for little kids
I was onе of em
You did something different
You brought me just like all of em
Next thing I heard you was going to America
As a kid I couldn’t understand what was wrong with Africa
If I know what would happen
I would have held you back
Boy now you're gone
And i can't get you back
You promised me
That you would always be here
You promised me
That you was gon take care
You promised me
That you would come back here
But now you’re gone
Now you're nowhere near
You promised me
That you was gonna watch me grow
You promised me
That you was gon see me blow
You promised me
And death had to make you go
You promised me, you promised me
Now you're gone
Remember when you fought that bus driver
Driver ****
You did what you had to do
You handled your biz
You scratched your face on the road
During the scuffle the struggle bloody
But you went through the trouble
That's the kind of man you was
I respected you my better bros
I adored you and yours
A couple of years later you came back with gifts
F the presents all I cared about was your physical presence
Then you went back and I started to miss you
When I remembered the stuff you told me that happened to you
The next thing I heard you was dead
I heard of how you bled
I couldn't get the pictures in my head
You was the first person close to me to die
I didn't cry, all I ask was was why
One up for death cus his cold hands squeezed you
But make us even cus in my heart I still keep you
You promised me
That you would always be here
You promised me
That you was gon take care
You promised me
That you would come back here
But now you're gone
Now you're nowhere near
You promised me
That you was gonna watch me grow
You promised me
That you was gon see me blow
You promised me
And death had to make you go
You promised me, you promised me
Now you’re gone
Lots of times I asked myself why death had to take you
If it was meant to be
Then why did God create you
If it was only for him to take you again
You was a good start that had a terrible end
Sometimes it hurts so bad
I wish that I could do it all
Master of the whole earth
Power over all
So I could turn the hand of time
And bring you back
Breathe life into your longs
And watch you ball like sheck
You were my own super star
My own super hero
My personal thug
My own don chichio
I looked up to you cus the vibe you sent was good
You left at a time the hood was all good
Now its all messed up
Fences everywhere
Every house is like a prison
Every rich nigga is scared
One minute you’re chilling
The next minute you're running from
Cops or robbers or some fetching mother
You promised me
That you would always be here
You promised me
That you was gon take care
You promised me
That you would come back here
But now you’re gone
Now you're nowhere near
You promised me
That you was gonna watch me grow
You promised me
That you was gon see me blow
You promised me
And death had to make you go
You promised me, you promised me