Loved

[Verse 1]

This is a letter to my future son

I hope you know that you the one

Hope you know the list is short of things from which you should run

Yeah

I hope you love whoever you become

You’ve been burdened with a lot of shit that you ain’t done shit to deserve

But I don’t wanna give you lists of things you should shun

I’d rather give you the facilities to choose

Understand you’s also born with lots of privileges to use as you see fit

If you keep it to you can’t lie I’d be disappointed

But just promise me you won’t be on some misinformed shit

Seek truth and make peace with it

Don’t do that backwards

Don’t take their word on what you need to know

Learn how tax works

Before you judge harshly learn how to act first

I bring you to a world designed to disenchant your brilliance

Riddle you with guilt ‘cause they can’t commodify innocence

And I hope that you livin’ it

‘Cause there’s love in the midst of it

Hope you wash down your fear with cups filled to the brim with it

I think a lot of dads hope their son’ll be like them

All I can think about’s the ways I hope you’re different

Your father talked a lot

I hope you listen

Your father let his stresses win in ways I hope is distant to you

And don’t let nobody older try to live shit through you

That’s including me

This world’s for you to see

There’ll only ever be one you

So decide who you want you to be

And live beautifully

[Chorus]

And if these gotta be my last days last days

I just hope I left the world a little better

And I’ve been given a whole lot so if they tax me

With less time to achieve my endeavours

Just know I was loved

I was loved

I was loved

I was loved

I was loved

That’s enough for me

Said I was loved

I was loved

I was loved

I was loved

I was loved

Even when it was tough to be

Said I was loved

[Verse 2]

This is a letter to whoever hears it

I know you tryin’ you been dyin’ for some better years

And it seem like they never near

And feel like you eleven beers in

You runnin’ out of buckets just to go and let your tears drip

Take a breath and close your eyes now

I know it be mad hard to take it easy

Know you don’t relate to words they provide now

And even when they kinda right they just make it cheesy

But without you this world wouldn’t be this world

You are we this world that is ours do your thing

Leave your charger at home

Don’t belong to your phone

It get hard shit I know

Know our habits be bad but they all that we know

They make us us and it’s hard to let go

I been the same with the yearns

But if you be you

Someone’d love you for it

That’s all I’ve learned to be true

[Chorus]

And if these gotta be your last days last days

Hope you know you left the world a little better

And I’ve been given a whole lot so if they tax me

With less time to achieve my endeavours

I’ma tell you you were loved

You were loved

You were loved

You were loved

Even when shit was tough

Just know you got love

You got love

You got love

You got love

You got love

You got love

I just hope that’s enough

[Verse 3]

The closer I get to being happy

The more I’m afraid to die young

The more I stop tryin’ to find meaning

The more I start to find love

Perseverance, gratitude

The shit that I’m defined of

Fuck the cheers and platitudes

That latitude won’t find us

Grouchy dude ain’t mad at you per se

It’s just my mind stuck on how we let it all get so blurry

A lot to say before I go

I’m so hurried

But if I don’t make it don’t worry don’t worry

I had love

I had love

I had love

I had love

And that’s enough for me

Said I was loved