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[00:11.55]Dear Dad, the class began, hands were held and arms were open
[00:14.58]Moments stolen from the grove when life's blood was always smokin'
[00:17.44]One was chosen for another, broke my will against your wisdom
[00:20.42]Pushed my face towards the light so I could cultivate the vision
[00:23.52]Made decisions for the unit, hard times, you moved us through it
[00:26.58]By each word and every move, but you're
[00:27.97]The one who showed me what truth is
[00:29.64]Thanks for the blueprint passed down, I rip it by the cover
[00:32.46]Plus you showed me how to love my wife by the way you treat my mother
[00:35.46]And mom, you sacrificed your body, scarred beneath the weight
[00:38.04]To usher my soul into the universe, you had contact, you were first
[00:41.30]To the worst I had to offer, caught His mercy in your stare
[00:44.26]You were there, patched my wounds and protected me with your prayer
[00:47.11]Gave me food when I was hungry, gave me love when I was empty
[00:50.07]Gave me a look of knowing solitude
[00:51.63]When I said, "When God would send me"
[00:53.38]Thanks for the days, the nights, the laughter and the fights
[00:55.91]Teaching me wrong from right, mom, the first woman in my life
[00:58.94]To my brother, thanks for the beat downs and the harassment
[01:02.22]In you I learned to express my views with heated passion
[01:04.81]Followed your footsteps good or bad, so please get the facts straight
[01:07.86]My big brother introduced me to this and gave me my first rap tape
[01:11.37]I watched you grow up, drop, prosper and self-destruct
[01:14.06]By the jewel of circumstances, it sucked, but still you stuck
[01:16.92]A husband and a father, a brother and a son
[01:20.07]Kevin, I'm so proud of the man that you've become
[01:23.02]Pam, Jeff, Billy, Cliff, Payne, David, Terry, Chris, Ricky
[01:26.39]The names stick with me, the names stick with me
[01:28.63]Jason Lee, Ben Eaton, Josh Cleveland, Eric Sartain, Trent Gibson
[01:32.32]Saw the best and the worst I've ever given
[01:34.57]Syntax, I'd bend back the sky and shift the balance
[01:37.69]I thank you for your strong mind, your friendship and your talent
[01:40.40]You're example to all that witness cause there's no I in crew
[01:43.41]You inspire me, brother, cause I can see Christ in you
[01:46.62]Gus, where to start? The art's answer to my question
[01:49.32]Blessed when lessons learned together this always led to progression
[01:52.40]Each profession needs a genius to show cats what it's about
[01:55.49]You keep making the music and I'll keep running my mouth
[01:58.46]Plato, Harry Crum, enough heart for every alias
[02:01.56]Thanks for helping me carry the torch as we take these kids
[02:04.44]Listener, Illtrip, Fred V, Recon
[02:07.51]Rabbi, Manuel, Seth Statik and Simeon
[02:10.27]It's on until we change the face and finish what we started
[02:13.62]I'm thankful that you're all a part of this
[02:16.02]Yeah, it's on until we change expression, finish what we started
[02:19.24]Deep Space Five, it's never stopping
[02:22.24]Mary, I don't have the words to get across my feelings
[02:24.92]I breathe a purer form of oxygen when I'm staring at your face
[02:28.05]I can rise above my limits and break through this vaulted ceiling
[02:31.08]I'm a better man today because you occupy my space
[02:34.33]I hit the road, you hold it down and shun the glory
[02:36.76]I'll be the mouthpiece for your heart
[02:38.35]And I'll tell the world our story
[02:40.09]Thanks for bearing our children, thanks for sharing your life
[02:43.02]Thanks for saying, "Yes, man," thanks for being my wife
[02:45.66]To my daughters and all unborn and future seeds
[02:48.57]I look at the world through your eyes and you always help me see
[02:51.75]Inspiration in your innocence and the future in your face
[02:54.76]I write these songs so I can make your world a better place
[02:57.50]That's all to say that all that I am
[02:59.57]Is a collection of souls that God has used to touch me
[03:02.53]Change a reflection, made a man from a simple stick figure
[03:06.60]And if I've ever met you then you helped Him paint the picture
[03:09.57]That's all to say that all that I am
[03:11.45]Is a collection of souls that God has used to touch me
[03:14.12]Change a reflection, made a man from a simple stick figure
[03:18.40]And if I've ever met you then you helped Him paint the picture
[03:21.35]That's all to say that all that I am
[03:23.21]Is a collection of souls that God has used to touch me
[03:26.27]Change a reflection, made a man from a simple stick figure
[03:30.31]And if I've ever met you then you helped Him paint the picture
[03:33.26]That's all to say that all that I am
[03:35.18]Is a collection of souls that God has used to touch me
[03:38.09]Change a reflection, made a man from a simple stick figure
[03:42.17]And if I ever meet you then you're helping paint the picture