Stronger

(album: Long Overdue - 2020)

What doesn't kill you makes you stronger

Huh, yeah
We grew up together
There was ten of us in that crib, man
We were cousins but we stuck together, huh
We used to skate through the city until the cops would pass
And lie to Ma and Pappy, Theo too, I knew you got my back
But something happened when you moved away
No pointing fingers, ain't no use in blaming when that won't remove your pain
And I don't need to hear how you explain all that you were going through
I love you anyways, you've been my dude since day one
And I know that you been through it, seen brighter days
Living in your car, now your home address is your license plate
When Theo said he found you shaking and he wiped your face
Drove you to the hospital, scared, you see the lighting fade
Man, we hate to see you suffer
Going through it, drugs had your father scared to touch you
So he went to the hood where he would wait to buy you bundles
So the sickness didn't kill you
He did it 'cause he loved you, yeah

America's Opioid crisis is rampant, with an average of 150 Opioid deaths each day
It's an epidemic that's lead to more than 400, 000 overdose deaths in the last 2 decades
Worst drug crisis ever

What doesn't kill you makes you stronger
You can't win if you don't try
What pulls you back can shoot you farther
When you get past your fear of heights
You don't have to fall all by yourself
I'll be the wings to help you fly
What doesn't kill you makes you stronger
Stronger with me right by your side

I'ma always love you more than you even love yourself
See you standing in the door, I've been going through Hell
Want that old feeling back, but I think it's dead and gone
Might've moved out the crib, but I never moved on
I know that I was right, but it always felt wrong
Then you found a sort of light, then you sang a different song
I really just want the best for you
Trying not to think less of you
All the times I stressed 'cause of you
Now it's getting hard to mess with you
I been gone for a minute
Say I changed, I act different
I just had to grow up
You the one that still tripping
Heart beating, you ain't living
Always smoking and you sipping
Always smoking and you sipping

What doesn't kill you makes you stronger
You can't win if you don't try
What pulls you back can shoot you farther
When you get past your fear of heights
You don't have to fall all by yourself
I'll be the wings to help you fly
What doesn't kill you makes you stronger
Stronger with me right by your side