THE AFTERMATH (Alt1) Lyrics

You have empathy because you can

Because you are strong, because you can stand against the storm

Because others can rely on you

You are empathetic because you have strength to spare

I done thought about the past, future, present

I wonder what is my focus

If I write, then I write

We had no one to behold us

Beauty in the struggle, but our front oversaturated

I seen brothers through the pain, but bullets overcompensating

They put five in my brother and that chrome hit his neck

Life stripped away, so we do what we do best

Spin back for a homie, but we walk a path left unseen

The best revenge is living out all of our dreams

And I'm angry that they took him

Away from this place

I wish I could have seen him one more time

I wish I could be there to greet his grave

I wish I could pay my respects

I wish I could see what was next

But I can't see the future, nor change what happened

I can only do my best, I'll do my best

I done thought about the past, future, present, I know which one is my focus

When I get on a big stage

I know the name that I'm holding,

Hold in my heart, I promise that we gon' be great

Made it out the trenches, magic man is changin' his fate

Work never end, and you know that I'll never stop

Never stop till I make a change

The cause is never lost

Keep those names forever ingrained on my mind, in my soul

The work never ends till I achieve all my goals

And I'm angry that they took him

Away from his home

My mother seen him grow up, we was runnin' and playin' together

I wish I could have seen him achieve all of his goals

I wish I could have seen ten days in the future

I wish I could have avoided this path

I think about the bullets that divide us

Subtract the brothers they took

Now we left with the aftermath

Now what do we do?

Yeah, yeah, look

Yeah, yeah, look

Yeah, yeah, look

Dealing with the aftermath of the bullet that was lent

Devil's temptation touched his pride, so he upped it from his hip

Aimed towards his sibling, we was linked by a common pain

But that was invisible through the blood that already stained our hands

So commonly in these streets, surviving till the next day

We wasn't living nor alive, no, we was just counting the days

Count the ways we could escape, maybe make a friend or two

But don't get too attached, cause that next bullet could always hit you

I got to Texas, made it out, now I'm back on my shit

I learned of safety, learned of smiles, but I could never fit in

I'm made for violence, made for action, product of my surroundings

If I'm surrounded by the ops, the only thing that I'm counting is the casualties

Casually I think of harm I can inflict

Thinking of my brothers that I left

And what it could have been

Mama called me out, she says I'm stuck in the past

I get angry and deny, she just shake her head and laugh

Now I don't understand why I can't escape the hurt and all the fatigue

I don't understand why I can't walk from the hurt and set my siblings free

Let my siblings grow, let my siblings thrive

Why do we live with the aftermath cuz someone had to take a life

What do we do?