Eddie Cannon

"missed ya birthday"

today's my brothers birthday/ here's the situation/ on every moment I missed in ya lifei wish I made it/ just to see if ya wish it, to see if you made it/ I finally show up to celebrate you, real things in life that matter, for the most part I was vacant/ but I'm herce now big brother and I'ma make a statement/ and this birthday ima get to see you make a wish/ I'ma make a song just to honor your greatness/ tell the whole world how far you've come to give your face a lift/ how your heart wasn't plated/ how God Himself dipped your heart into Love's amazement/ from the moments I showed up's been only a hugs embracement/ you'd tell me how those 20years in prison institutionalized ya heart to hatred/ tell me how the rest of ya life's being dedicated/ to learning how to love and strengthen up ya heart so nobody could break it/ for a long damn time that was our last conversation/ and this year I'm just so glad I made it/ so glad you strengthened up ya heart and I didn't break it's/ (hook) didn't mean to miss your birthday lately, wish I'd seen ya blow each wish into placement/ wish I was more a part of being there and less of my times wasted/ but what to say shit, I see how if I'd been around I wouldn't have all this hate within, where's that fountain of amazement at, metaphorically how'd you give yourself a face lift, how'd you make the whole world forget the face you had/ guess it's too late to ask, since this birthday you ain't make it because you passed/, I thought we was gonna joke, play & laugh/ work on forgetting bitter tastes of past/ I know you done forgave my past/ but right now I'm so angry with you and I ain't playing mad/ me finally show'n up and your miss"n your birthday's wack/ and my worst days are back/ in so many ways I wanna hate yo ass/ but I can't because I know where to place the facts/ I know that I'm just looking to place the blame so I won't hate my ass/ truth is I'm just mad at me because the tuff road our relationship traveled, I paved that/ I wannabe mad at God, was even arguing how we had such a rough road, coulda let me make a patch or two/ God quicky showed me my ways past, as fool/ so it's dejavu for gyp, lips with only a place for trurh, myfault Paul , my home's your home my heart is my home, mi casa, su casa, my heart always has a place for You? you're a brave ass dude... Iove you brother