Shed No Tears Lyrics

Why are you crying?

Stop the crying

For me give you something to ball for

God damn I was gone last year

From the walls and the halls I built

I can't have these fears

All the problems that I left back there

All these problems I can't handle for real, for real

God damn I was gone last year

From the walls and the halls I built

I can't have these fears

All the problems that I left back there

All these problems I can't handle for real, for real

Black man, tell me all of your problems

And the issues you was having when you stay with my momma

You and her don't get along, getting tired of drama

Far from home, Jamaica is far gone in the tropics

Now you got some sons, a family, house and a daughter

All these responsibilities, building you have to honor

Was you feeling a trap in a country that's feeling foreign

Ya home, is somewhere that's feeling too out of order

We're you like a bird, and wishing to fly away

Maybe starting a family really was a mistake

Really just have to question ya dedication to make

Ya home, a place where yo children is feeling safe

It's been a while, distant and haven't spoken in years

All the anger I harbored and hated you disappeared

The kids you had to leave walking down them stairs

When you look back did you shed no tears ?

Yeah

God damn I was gone last year

From the walls and the halls I built

I can't have these fears

All the problems that I left back there

All these problems I can't handle for real, for real

God damn I was gone last year

From the walls and the halls I built

I can't have these fears

All the problems that I left back there

All these problems I can't handle for real, for real

Black boy, tell me all of your pain

Growing up without a father he was tied in them chains

See my father not yo father but the feeling the same

Alone, I figure you was dealing with change

Told me of a memory vivid on Christmas Day

Brothers handed some shoes from father we had obtained

Noticing that our father would never treat you same

Alone, I figure resentment was on the way

A couple years changed the scenery

I used to visit brother at them prison facilities

Out in Baltimore at a further proximity

I'm looking in yo eyes you as strong as you need to be

Saying time heals all really was a fraudulent tale

Cuz every time we visit it was pain that we felt

When yo fam came and left and you went back to your cell

I always wondered did you shed no tears

God damn I was gone last year

From the walls and the halls I built

I can't have these fears

All the problems that I left back there

All these problems I can't handle for real, for real

God damn I was gone last year

From the walls and the halls I built

I can't have these fears

All the problems that I left back there

All these problems I can't handle for real, for real

These were the walls where you met Mr. Mirror

The ones you grew in and called home

You spent so much time gone living in different environments

Gone for years like you were going off to war

When you looked back on the time invested into these walls

I always wondered

Did you shed no tears?

God damn I was gone last year

From the walls and the halls I built

I can't have these fears