[Intro]
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You never did wrong
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Never hurt nobody
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Could be what I got, took you in a hurry
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No, no i won't tell nobody
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No you can't buy time with money
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But i wouldn't care how much i lose
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Just for one more day with you
[Verse]
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You, you, 6:42
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Why the hell my sister calling me at 6:42?
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She barely calls
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Maybe she just got me confused
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But something told me I should pick it up to see if she's cool
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"Hello?"
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What's wrong? What happened?
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Stop crying, what you saying?
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I can't understand it
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So much pain in her voice
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I started to panic
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What the hell is going on i can only imagine
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You said
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You were dropping off the kids in your car
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Only a couple blocks away
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It wasn't even that far
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But then a truck came out of nowhere driving right through the stop
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I don't need to hear the rest
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Just need to know where you are
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You said that you n all the kids were doing fine
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Couple cuts and bruises
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You n the kids'll be alright
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But our sister Fresia needs you there right by her side
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They flew her to the hospital
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They didn't tell me why
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So I picked up my father I'm doing 90 on a 50
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When a cop pulled me over but chose to put away the ticket
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When I told him what happened n said I gotta get there quickly
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Then he followed us there when he didn't have to but he did it
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And I can't even lie
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I can't even lie
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Haven't even got inside when I start to cry
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Walk up to the front desk
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Ask if you're alright
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I can tell something's wrong, see it in her eyes
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My dad beside me and she took us down the hall
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I can't wait to see you and to tell you bout it all
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You'll prolly think I'm stupid
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Ask me what I'm crying for
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Felt like it was hours before we finally reached the door
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The room that we were led inside you weren't even there
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Just an empty room filled with a couple of chairs
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My heart is fuckin beating
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All this pain in the air and
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My stomach fuckin turning
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All I'm feeling is fear
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The doctor walked in
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Right behind were three nurses
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Said they did all that they could but nothing that they did was working
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'And I hate to have to tell you and I know you don't deserve it'
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'But your sister didn't make it' and my heart just hit the surface like
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I turn round to my father
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Try to break him the news
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But I ain't even have to 'cause he already knew
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He don't really speak much English but what's that gotta do
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When he was seeing
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Feeling every broken heart in the room
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Shit, How the fuck am I gon' tell my brother?
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Fuck that, how the fuck am I gon' tell my mother?
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How the fuck my nephew gon' grow up without a mother?
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He's only 2 with a father who wished he wore a rubber
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Its crazy how you never know, crazy how it go
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Why the ones you love the most are the first to go?
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You were always taking care of me when I was broke
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So now I want you to know
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I look at Jeremiah and I see you every time
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And I know he ain't my son but I'll treat him like he's mine
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You ain't ever gotta worry Fres
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I swear that he'll be fine
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Give him everything I have, every dollar, every dime
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'Till you lose somebody you won't know how it feels
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But I pray you never do because I swear that it kills
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Death leaves a pain that nobody can heal
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But the love leaves a memory nobody can steal