We share the same name and many of the same ways
\nI see your features when I look at my face
\nYou were a proud dad but with demons
\nParted for portions of my childhood with you in prison
\nYet away or with me I knew you cared
\nAlways attempted to be a good father when you were there
\nConversations and laughs shared while you cut my hair
\nInstilling a love of nice suits, jazz, and blues
\nTeaching me self sufficiency and how to use tools
\nI still remember the call saying you died from pills
\n13 years later it still doesn’t feel real
\nA day before the superbowl where Prince performed Purple Rain
\nThe water cascading from clouds mirrored my face tear stained
\nI cried as Doves Cry played on the TV
\nNo amount of weed or liquor able to relieve me
\nMaybe I’m just like my father two fold
\nAt your body viewing touching your face that was too cold
\nI forgive you for your faults I know you did your best
\nA black man growing up when you did had to face so many test
\nYou beat racism, prison, and an addiction to crack
\nBut even at your worst you always had my back
\nWe share a name so you are called when my name is spoken
\nI see you sometimes in dreams
\nThen remember you’re gone when I’m woken.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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