Love that’s the reason that I do it now
Cause without that love then we movin down
Up put them palms to the sun above
Know the cycle of receive and return the love

I’m sorry I ain’t been around
I mean it half the time cause really I been busy now
Became a father and a husband, tryna make em proud
Been feeling tired to be partying and getting loud
I can’t be getting down with all that drinkin
Cause really I been thinking I wanna live me a life
The type where I can grow old, wrinkles and canes,
Maybe minimal pain with the clearest of sights
To see the meaning of it all, whether winter or fall
Summer, spring, I’d like to think I’ve been hearing my call
In the classroom, rowdy afternoons and long mornings
Inner city schools where youth got fews options
I’m thinking that truth ain’t enough or being conscious
Of these systems of the oppression when them children is starving
For attention, for some love, and their exterior is tough
And if you really think about it they ain’t different from us

Love that’s the reason that I do it now
Cause without that love then we movin down
Up put them palms to the sun above
Know the cycle of receive and return the love

And so my mama’s getting older
And her body often achin like she carrying a boulder
Hesitant to say she slowin or to say that her age
Got her feelin so exhausted like the lines on her face
And so these rhymes on the page is a record of time
And sometimes its embrace takes a toll on ya mind
Body soul cause we tryna find gold in these mines
Like its 49 sacrificin traveling west
And yes I got some goals and so I’ll gather my best
Acquire a couple tools that I’ll lather in sweat
Desire for that new never aspire for less
Like mama when she ask am I retiring yet?
She want to travel and rest while I’m turning my gears
I’m tryna write my first novel in a couple of years
Some more songs and poems to inspire my peers
I’m just returning ya’ll the favor, ya’ll the reason I’m here

Love that’s the reason that I do it now
Cause without that love then we movin down
Up put them palms to the sun above
Know the cycle of receive and return the love

I’m swapping liquor for a convo with tea
Whoever on rotation for Ms Ross and Supremes
A white tee and baggy jeans for that interview please
Hyper masculine bravado for creating some peace
Tryna change our tomorrow, so I’m playing for keeps
In the present, and every second time allows us to be
Leave my younger self behind at least the immature me
And keep pursuing, getting wise, with the allure of our dreams

Love that’s the reason that I do it now
Cause without that love then we movin down
Up put them palms to the sun above
Know the cycle of receive and return the love