Distant love

Yeah

This for my kids

Every mile, every minute

Woke up to the same old balance

Red letters on the door, all static

Phone ringing, I just let it vibrate

Bill after bill like a blind date

Missed calls from your mama, I know she mad

Sayin', "Where you at? They miss they dad"

I'm staring at a picture on my cracked phone

You all smiling, I’m here, but I feel gone

I love you through the distance

Even when I’m missin'

Even when the money low, when I’m broke on the floor

You the reason that I’m livin'

I love you through the distance

Through the empty kitchen

Through the nights I can’t be home, when I’m grindin' alone

You my heart, you my mission

Yeah, I’m tryna turn change into chances

Turn pain into pay, into dances

Where you all in the front, new shoes on

Whole crowd goin' crazy when your song on (yeah)

Right now it’s noodles and late fees

Job apps, side hustles, pray please

But I tuck your names in my last breath

Every plan that I got got your back in it

One day new keys in my hand

One day both feet in the stands (I’m there)

Screamin' your names so loud it shakes walls

You gon' see I kept my promise through it all

I ain’t perfect, I’m just fightin' where I stand

Empty pockets, but I’m rich in what I am

Every sunrise, every second that I get

I’m your dad first, never gon' forget

Hands calloused, pockets hollow, can't provide

Four faces etched in my mind, my pride

Dollars drip through fingers, water through sand

Trying to be a father with an empty hand

Mama gone, Christmas carved with grief's knife

December ain't festive, just loss in my life

But I see my kids' eyes, stars through the storm

Even in absence, love keeps my soul warm

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Struggle heavy, my knees on this ground

Whisper their names, my compass, my sound

Praying for a ladder out this trench I found