Based on a True Story

Depression is like a vacuum that sucks the life out of you If you allow it to, it will destroy I don't know why choose to assume that one another is okay Instead of come alongside our brother or friend What would life be like if we took responsibility for being a life giving influence To one another's mental health Maybe people wouldn't see suicide as such a viable escape Maybe the violence would decrease We'll never know if we don't try Based on a True Story Broken son, momma straight up dissed him She said she didn't want him when his dad had left the picture This hurt him to the core, he considered going missing The anger in his heart, had already been an issue used to lash out at his sister Though she feels the pain he's feeling To young to see it different No time to reconsider 'Cause life just keeps moving, though souls get caught in the past So everyday he recycles angry thoughts In a flash he's 16 Spends his days in a dream Longing for better leaders to teach him who he should be Searching for all of the answers that he felt his soul needs But those answers stay questions cuz nobody that he sees, naw Showed him how to live this life He's going through the motions every day is dark as night No one to put his hope in contemplating suicide He sits all alone and he cries Then he looked him in his eyes saying... Tell me how you feel, tell me what you want Tell me what you need, tell what you don't You struggle for a change but your change is from above You struggle for a change but that change is in son You could really fly (fly) Yeah you could really fly (fly) Yeah you could really fly (fly) Spread ya wings out wide Lift ya hands to the sky and let soul fly Now who is he? He would be his teacher He noticed that this young man was more than a delinquent He saw he had potential but was battling with demons would flip out for any reason His anger marked by grieving Bruh! If anybody stepped to this kid He felt he had to fight to prove his right to exist He'd be swinging to the fences Barry bonds ya if you're slippin But his teacher had enough the day he put him in detention Mr. teacher started snooping to find out who he moves with Where he's from, what's his story, who's the dudes he's kool with Found out that he's living with his aunt, her kids, and his sister To see how broke his home was made since of all the tension Caught him in the hallway the next day Pulled him to the side, said he had something to say Looked him in his eyes and told him he had purpose I know you feel lost but today you find focus so Tell me how you feel, tell me what you want Tell me what you need, tell what you don't You struggle for a change but your change is from above You struggle for a change but that change is in son You could really fly (fly) Yeah you could really fly (fly) Yeah you could really fly (fly) Spread ya wings out wide Lift ya hands to the sky and let soul fly