reasons by sharkey ocean grown OG

Michelle… Bruce… I know life been loud around us. But I want you to hear me now. This is real. This is Daddy. I know you wonder where I been, why things changed up fast, Why the world got heavy, why the smiles ain’t last. Why grown-ups shout loud when the love turns to ash, Why we can’t rewind time, can’t run it all back. I wish I could shield you from every hard night, But sometimes pain grow wings and it flies out of sight. And I know it ain’t fair what you seen in your life, But I swear on my soul, I been fightin’ to make it right. See, daddy got scars that I never deserved, And I carried that weight till it bent every word. But the day I held you both, I swear something occurred, My heart learned your names before I learned how to heal the hurt. When you hear this song, I just want you to know, Daddy never walked away, I just had to grow. I was fightin' myself, I was tryin’ to be whole, So one day I could stand and give love you could hold. If the world feel cold and the nights seem long, You ain’t never alone — you just listen to this song. And when life gets loud, when the tears feel strong, Remember… you’re the reason I kept goin’ on. Yeah, sometimes my mind run wild, get stormy inside, Got a war in my chest I was tryin’ to survive. But I ain’t break, I ain’t quit, I ain’t drown in the tide, I just learned how to swim with the pain in my eyes. I was lost, I was hurt, I was walkin’ through flame, But I held onto hope when I whispered your names. Michelle, you the laugh that can drive out the rain, Bruce, you the fire that keep pushin’ my veins. I ain’t perfect, but I’m better than I was back then, I ain’t runnin’ from the past, I just won’t let it win. I been learnin’ how to breathe, how to feel, how to mend, So when I’m standin’ with y’all — it’s as father, not friend. When you hear this song, I just want you to know, Daddy never walked away, I just had to grow. I was fightin' myself, I was tryin’ to be whole, So one day I could stand and give love you could hold. If the world feel cold and the nights seem long, You ain’t never alone — you just listen to this song. And when life gets loud, when the tears feel strong, Remember… you’re the reason I kept goin’ on. -- I know we got distance. I know we got time to catch up. But I promise you… I’m coming back stronger. Not just to be there… But to stay. Daddy loves you. Always.