Midnight Bloodlines

Lyrics

“Blood, Time & Tomorrow” Yeah… Turn this up… this ain’t just music. Seventeen winters, I still see your first breath, K ayde b s Tiny hands in mine, now we stand chest to chest, Life hit fast, yeah it don’t come gentle, But I raised you strong—mind sharp, heart mental. I know I been quiet, I don’t say all I feel, Carry storms inside, learned to bury what’s real, But every late night when the world go dark, I been fighting my fears just to keep you sparked. ’Cause I’m scared—yeah I said it, I don’t hide no more, Scared of the world knockin’ hard at your door, Scared of the pain I can’t take in your place, But I trust what I built when I look at your face. And your mom my life my love… damn Malika we live thirty years in this fire, We ain’t just love, we are survival, desire, Every crack in the road, every tear that we bled, We stood back up—never lost what we said. That’s patience… that’s time… that’s scars that we own, That’s nights we felt lost but still built us a home, You don’t get that love from a moment or luck, That’s decades of choosing each other when it’s tough. Yeah, I got regrets, yeah I carry that weight, Things I wish I fixed, things I wish I could say, But my love never folded, never walked, never ran, I stayed right here tryna be more than a man. Trust ain’t words, it’s the things that you prove, When the world start shaking, do you stay or you move? I stayed. Through the doubt, through the pressure, through fear, Built this life brick by brick, year by year. Now I look at tomorrow, and it hits me deep, All the dreams that we planted, all the promises we keep, I don’t know what’s coming, yeah that truth cuts raw, But I know we got each other—and that’s stronger than law. So if I fall short, or I don’t say enough, Just know every silence came from loving you both too much, To my son—kay ..stand tall, even when you break, To my wife —you my soul, every breath that I take. Yeah… This is us. Not perfect… but unbreakable. Yeah… This one got scars in it… Seventeen years, but my story go back, Way before you, I was built outta cracks, Hard life, cold nights, learned to fight just to eat, Had to grow up too fast, pain stuck to my feet. I seen things I don’t ever speak out loud, Had to carry my world, never showed I was bowed, No safety, no guide, just survive and adapt, Turned wounds into lessons, turned rage into craft. So when I look at you, I see more than my son, I see everything I never had become one, And I swear on my life, on my blood, on my name, You won’t walk through that same kind of pain. I’ll take every hit, I’ll stand in that fire, I’ll break before you ever carry that weight I acquired, Yeah, I’m hard ’cause I had to be, carved outta fear, But I built something better so your road stay clear. And your mom… thirty years, yeah we forged outta stone, We ain’t lucky—we earned every inch that we own, Through the struggle, the doubt, through the nights feeling lost, We kept choosing each other no matter the cost. That’s patience and trust, yeah that’s real, that’s rare, That’s staying when it’s heavy, not just when it’s fair, We built you a home I would’ve died just to see, Now I guard that future like it’s all that’s in me. Yeah, I still got fear, I ain’t hiding that truth, ’Cause I know what this world really do to the youth, But my love louder than every scar that I hold, Every step that you take, I’m there in your soul. I don’t say it enough, but it lives in my grind, Every sacrifice made was you two on my mind, Everything I went through, every cut, every scar, Was to make sure your life don’t start where mine are. So to my son—walk strong, but know I’m your shield, To my wife—you the reason I refused not to heal, And whatever comes next, yeah we face it as one, ’Cause I bled for this life… and I’m not close to done. Yeah… No repeat. No abandon. Not ever. We are forever. I love you!