River (feat. The Oracle)

If I could if I could if I could

Hey yo Jayden

If I could if I could if I could

Anytime I sit down

I think about the things I should have unknown if I could

Sometimes I wanna run but where to

Life is a small town

If I could

Make you forgive my scars and bruises

When my heart is blue

Know it’s ever been red like truth

You is a fake friend if it really hurts you when I step out the comfort zone

I’m moving

Wish I could be like a lake

But I am a river

I’m no reservoirs

So I flow

When I look at my daughter and look at my son

Will they understand

Will they call me father or just a man

Who betrayed mom

When mi think ‘bout mi sister my brother too

Will they understand

Will they miss a brother is just a man

Who forget his home tell me

Tell me weh mi a go do weh mi momma hungry too weh mi sister and brother school pon a bear foot

How dem healthy mi nuh even sure

Born poor man never wah dead poor

Wah ‘bout okugoba ekirooto nga olina n’okugoba n’ekyakatabani ko

Family esimattuke sematalo

Born poor man never wah dead poor

So I am moving

I wish I could be like a lake

No

Oh I am a river

I’m no reservoir

So I flow

When I look at my daughter and look at my son

Will they understand

Will they call me father or just a man

Who betrayed mom

When mi think ‘bout mi sister my brother too

Will they understand

Will they miss a brother is just a man

Who forget his home tell me

Tell me weh mi a go do weh mi momma hungry too weh mi sister and brother school pon a bear foot

How dem healthy mi nuh even sure

Born poor man never wah dead poor

They may forget my name

But not how I make them feel

Memories standing still

Caus in love I write my will

When I look at my daughter and look at my son

Will they understand

Will they call me father or just a man

Who betrayed mom

When mi think ‘bout mi sister my brother too

Will they understand

Will they miss a brother is just a man

Who forget his home tell me