Back For Mine

Lyrics

[Verse 1] I came up where the gutters ran red after rain Where one loaf of bread could mean a whole good day Tin roof singing hard when the storm came down And a boy learned fast how to move through the sound Mama left her mark in the shape of her smile Then the earth took her back when I was so small Papa never stayed long, then he vanished like smoke So I grew up with questions and a throat full of hope [Pre-Chorus] I was raised by hard hands By hunger and heat By nights with no comfort And holes in my feet Still I kept on walking Through dust and through shame Holding one small fire Saying my own name [Chorus] I’ve got your back, my love I’ve got your back, my love My kids, my wife, my blood I’ve got your back, my love I know what it means to fall I know what it means to cry So when this world gets cruel I will stand by your side [Verse 2] I remember bare walls and a plate split four ways School shoes held together by a thread and a prayer Neighbors heard my crying through the cardboard thin night But I learned how to shine in the face of the night I carried old sorrow like a stone in my chest Watched other boys get held while I learned being strong Every step was a lesson, every scar had a name I was building my soul where the hungry still came [Pre-Chorus] I was raised by hard hands By hunger and heat By nights with no comfort And holes in my feet Still I kept on walking Through dust and through shame Holding one small fire Saying my own name [Chorus] I’ve got your back, my love I’ve got your back, my love My kids, my wife, my blood I’ve got your back, my love I know what it means to fall I know what it means to cry So when this world gets cruel I will stand by your side [Bridge] If I ever go quiet Read the story in my scars They are roads from that slum To the home in my heart I forgive the dark years But I never forget How a child can be broken And still not break yet [Chorus] I’ve got your back, my love I’ve got your back, my love My kids, my wife, my blood I’ve got your back, my love I know what it means to fall I know what it means to cry So when this world gets cruel I will stand by your side [Outro] Mama, I carry you Papa, I carry you too Through my sons and my daughters I’m giving them truth What I missed, I will pour out What I lost, I will mend From a boy in the slumb To a father who stays to the end