Hasan Salaam - Like Silence lyrics

[Verse 1: Kendal Good] Maybe I've been around too long and seen too much My eyes are stone and the child inside is now grown And they say that I ain't change/ But how can that be Running this new race all I do is pray/ That my past don't catch me [Chorus: Kendal Good] What seems like silence actually screams like a siren And in a way I forgot why I'm here In the darkness and quiet we still reach for the light It ain't far away It ain't far away [Verse 2: Hasan Salaam] Maybe I done been here to long and seen too much Lived through nightmares so I don't dream too much Seems we keep on with our eyes wide shut In an uphill climb this world is downside up Elders told me that I'd wind up Dead or in jail If I ain't wise up before my short times up Good intentions ain't enough to pay the rent with And if you look at my past than it would read that I made to many bad investments The best lessons are learned the hard way Spending today got me paying a price putting tomorrow's on lay away Hard to say what's right cause when my backs against the wall let the chips fall where they may In order to see the light I had to 1st go astray But I'd never trade places Cause me and pain know each other Got acquainted on a 1st name basis [Chorus: Kendal Good] What seems like silence actually screams like a siren And in a way I forgot why I'm here In the darkness and quiet we still reach for the light It ain't far away It ain't far away [Bridge: Kendal Good] If we born with that blank slate Do the sinning truly dirty up my fate I gotta conscience but it kick in too late If I could turn back the hands of time… [Verse 3: Hasan Salaam] It was 2 months and shorty had been missing her period So I said f** school and started skipping 6th period At Planned Parenthood I took the news serious But knew that I had to stack up some chips period Immature so I just wasn't hearing it Had to be a better Pops than mine was period Job hunting but truly wasn't able To bring home enough doe to make a future home stable Employers thought that they was robbing the cradle So I started bagging ounces on Moms kitchen table Fronted a hundred when the split was 60/40 less than half not enough to take care of a shorty Didn't think to tell Moms cause she had some hopes for me You know the story she wanted some grand-children That's when I got the call and shorty was bawling Said my 1st was born bloody as she sat on the toilet [Chorus: Kendal Good] What seems like silence actually screams like a siren And in a way I forgot why I'm here In the darkness and quiet we still reach for the light It ain't far away It ain't far away