So long

I had to let it go, had to free my soul,

All the pain inside, can’t keep control,

Prison walls don’t chain my life no more,

I forgive, I live, I close that door.

(Yeah, yeah, I close that door…)

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It’s been years since the cuffs hit your wrist,

Judge gave time, now you stuck in the mist,

I was just a lil’ boy, tears on my fist,

Waitin’ on a call that don’t even exist.

Mama said, “Baby, don’t let that break ya,”

But the silence cut deep like a razor,

Every night I prayed to the Savior,

Wishing for a dad, but I only got paper.

So I carried all the weight, turned cold in my chest,

Tryna flex, but inside I was stressed,

Now I’m grown, tryna heal, nothing less,

I ain’t chained to your choices, I’m blessed.

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I had to let it go, had to free my soul,

All the pain inside, can’t keep control,

Prison walls don’t chain my life no more,

I forgive, I live, I close that door.

(Yeah, yeah, I close that door…)

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See, I used to dream you’d come back one day,

But the clock kept movin’, life don’t wait,

I can’t heal scars with the word “someday,”

Gotta love myself in a brand-new way.

I learned strength from the nights I was cryin’,

Learned truth from the times you was lyin’,

Now I rise from the pain, I’m flyin’,

Cutting loose from the past, no denyin’.

So I pour out the hurt like liquor on streets,

Pray for your soul, hope you find peace,

But me? I got goals, I’m destined to reach,

Breaking free from the chains, that’s my release.

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I had to let it go, had to free my soul,

All the pain inside, can’t keep control,

Prison walls don’t chain my life no more,

I forgive, I live, I close that door.

(Yeah, yeah, I close that door…)

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[Bridge] (spoken / half-sung)

This is for the kids who feel alone,

For the broken homes where love went wrong,

For the sons and the daughters still holding on—

It’s okay to forgive, it’s okay to be strong.

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I let it go, yeah I let it go,

Found peace in my heart, now I truly know,

I’m not my father, I’m more than his ghost,

Breaking them chains—that’s the life I chose.