WITHOUT YOU

[Intro – Piano + Vinyl]
Yeah…
My boys…
I’m still learning how to carry this…

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[Verse 1]
Yeah, my youngest took a step, I caught him mid-fall,
Smiled on the outside but I felt it all.
‘Cause I know you’d be right there on your knees,
Hands out, laughing soft, telling him “come to me.”

My oldest in class, they say he sharp,
Got your patience in his mind, got my heart.
I take the pictures but I pause every time,
‘Cause every moment feel heavy and divine.

Night prayers, I still say your name,
Tell ‘em you love ‘em — it ain’t a game.
I don’t explain what I can’t fully see,
Just say heaven closer than it used to be.

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[Hook – Choir + Steady Tone]
They gon’ grow up without you here,
So I stand strong through every year.
Every moment, every plan,
I hold ‘em close with both hands.

They gon’ ask me where you are,
I point up, I point to heart.
Love don’t end, it don’t break—
It just move to a different place.

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[Verse 2]
Yeah, games on the weekend, I’m yelling from the side,
But I hear your voice layered in mine.
First love, first hurt, lessons they face,
I see your calm in the way they pace.

They’ll grow into men, ask deeper things,
“Who was she really?” what she mean?”
I’ll tell ‘em truth with steady eyes,
“She still with us, just in a higher life.”

I been learning ‘bout bonds that don’t decay,
That don’t break when the body fade away.
It’s bigger than time, bigger than grief,
Something eternal I choose to believe.

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[Hook – Bigger]
They gon’ grow up without you here,
But never without your love near.
Every prayer we send above,
Come back down in quiet love.

I see you in who they are,
In their strength, in every scar.
You ain’t gone, you just live
In every good they learn to give.

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[Bridge – Soft Prayer]
Lord…
I don’t see it all…
But I trust what You promised…
Families don’t fall apart…

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[Verse 3]
One day they’ll stand with kids of their own,
And I’ll tell ‘em ‘bout a love still grown.
Not in pain, not lost, not far—
But present in who we already are.

So I raise ‘em strong, I raise ‘em right,
With your memory living in every light.
And even though I still feel the space,
I feel your peace in its place.

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[Final Hook – Soft]
They growing up without you near…
But never without you here.
In the quiet, when I stand—
I still feel your hand.

We still a family, still aligned…
Just living on different time.
Death didn’t take you away…
It just changed the way you stay.

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[Outro – Piano Fade]
I got ‘em…
And you still got us…

Piano, soft drums, bass, choir hums, strings, vinyl crackle, organ, male