I know you\'ve heard it before
I\'ll say it once more
Time flies out the window
sadly dad,
you were ignorant to this info
You were a soldier
pops you were my hero
you were everything I wanted to be
I don\'t have anything against the military
it wasn\'t them who took you from me
It was the drugs, the cheating,
staying away from your family weeks at a time
While mom was left working overtime
8 to 4, 9 to 5,
tryna feed your kids at dinner time
It began 15 years ago
my dad said son I need to go.
Thoughts racing through my mind
I asked 20 questions at one time.
What are you doing?
Where are you going?
Whats it going to be?
Will you forget about me?
He said son you won\'t understand
until you become a man
You\'ll look back then realize
this is part of the plan
I looked down at my feet
to hide the tears rolling down my cheek
I\'ll be back before you know it
then we can grab that old ball and throw it
Stand up straight, don\'t cry
you’re my little soldier till the day that I die
I\'ll see you soon son
don\'t worry I\'ll come home
The days came and went so fast
turning to weeks before they passed
Months became Years
Middle school, high school, girls, sports
graduations, birthdays, grades, reports
You missed it all
No matter how high my grades
how hard I played
I felt so small cuz
you missed it all
I know you\'ve heard it before
I\'ll say it once more
Time flies out the window
sadly dad,
you were ignorant to this info
You were absent
you were no longer my hero
you were everything I never wanted to be
Then oke day you got the courage to call
saying Wow son you\'re getting old
I was about twenty now
all I could say
I thought you said you were coming home someday?
You told me you were sorry
how much you wish you could
turn back the hands of time
and undo all the pain
that we were put through
plead that you’d payed your dues
for the crimes you’d chose
guess I believed the news
next think I knew
I was on a plane
on my way to you
the clock was brutal
grey hairs and a cane hid your age
inside I was still full of rage
but within your eyes I saw regret
your face was etched with it
so I agreed to stay
we tried to forge a bond that wasn’t there
things were rocky
we argued harshly
slowly things began to shift
you taught me about life
told me stories from when I was kid
we began to close the rift
a few weeks, then a few months
our relationship began to thrive
but something went wrong
the hour glass was emptying on your life
faster than we could make up for lost time
the clock was ticking
while your heart was skipping beats
straight to the hospital I took you
nurses, even doctors too
couldn’t figure out what was wrong
they put you on the stretcher
said you’d need surgery
and began to roll you out the room
what more could a kid do?
watching the man who left him
go out the door again
I had to forgive you
cuz I couldn’t let you die... still hating you
I grabbed you by the hand
said I love you man
and that I’d see you soon...
I know you\'ve heard it before but I\'ll say it once more
Time flies out the window
sadly dad,
I was ignorant to this info
I was angry
and I took you for granted
Hope the next time I see you is under better circumstances