10 - Mary J Blige - Reminisce

Can't you see (remix) Produced by DJ Country Black

Total - Cant You See (Left Lane Remix)

COOLFAME-Sending My Love (RIP CHINX) Feat. Zhane And J.Y.

Sunday shoes on wooden floors,
Sir said, “Speak when you’re allowed—no more.”
The air was thick with rules and fear,
Every wrong step echoed near.
He kept jars full of old-timey treats,
But I learned quick they came with heat.
Root beer barrels, glassy and brown,
Drop one in and your voice drowns.
I bit down once and chipped a tooth—
He said, “That’s what happens when you bite the truth.”
The taste of candy made me bleed,
But silence was all I’d ever need.

“Respect your elders,”
“Pray it away.”
But the belt said more
Than the words they’d say.

Syrup-thick and bitter clean,
He washed my mouth with kerosene.
Barrel-candy, heavy rules,
Sweetness carved from old-time cruel.
Smiled like love, tasted like shame—
Root beer barrels, none of it changed.

Apron mother, silent mouth,
Eyes cast low to avoid the south.
He said tradition, I heard dread,
“Boys don’t cry,” but girls play dead.
I learned to tiptoe through the dark,
Wishing for a spark, but missing the mark.
The stories they told, all riddled with lies,
But they never spoke of the tear in my eyes.
I played the part, the good little child,
But behind my smile, I was always wild.

Tin-tin laughter from the porch swing ghosts,
But my memories all wear Sunday coats.
If you were good, you got a treat,
If you were bad, he’d make you bleed.
Every day was a game I lost,
But the price of freedom came with a cost.

Syrup-thick and bitter clean,
He baptized me in gasoline.
Barrel-candy, copper rules,
Licked the pain ‘cause breaking’s cruel.
Grew up strong, but bent the same—
Root beer barrels, passed down like names.

Now the door’s locked, and I can’t leave,
Still hear his footsteps, I can’t breathe.
The taste lingers in the cracks of the floor,
Root beer barrels, still calling for more.
No matter how far I run, how fast,
I’ll always be the child of the past.


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