Blink of an Eye - Mogli the Iceburg

Wrote this with emotion

3 days, 5 months, 10 years

And my heart still swollen

Pillowcase still soaked up from the tears

When I think about that day and you, mama

Been so long for me, mama

And it still don’t seem real

That you’re really gone from me, mama

Yeah

They say time heals wounds

I’m tellin' time hurry up

Cause if wounds don’t heal I just block things out

And I seal pain up

Cause after all this time all I got are these memories with ya

But even those start to fade

I swear we ain’t take enough pictures

Quit your job just to stay at home with me

You were never gonna let someone else raise your child

And even though we really needed money

Daddy started workin' overtime to even things out

When the night fall

You would cook the chicken with the red rice

Homemade meals for the three of us

And you taught me bout' love

And you taught me bout' prejudice, yeah

Some people gon' see the way we look

Listen to the way we speak and

Tell us that we don’t belong here

Crossville, Tennessee that’s the backwoods

Hate runs deeper than the Chevys and the John Deere

But don’t let them spite you, son

They are just some people like you, son

You a sinner just like them, son

And don’t forget that God loves them just like

He loves you, son

Wise words from a wise woman

Wish that you were still alive to tell me more

Cause this life’s like a minefield

Don’t know what I’m steppin' toward

I’m just, moving the Spirit inside me

You know with this music we don’t take these things lightly

Chillin' with the Tribe that’s my fam beside me

Never trippin' over whether people gon' like me yeah

That’s the confidence you taught me

I guess I really learned to fake it well

Cause they always see me with a real big smile

Even when I ain’t doin' so well

But I made that b-ball team like you

And you know I even tried to sing just like you

And you know I’m following my dreams just like you did

And I still get depressed just like you, did

They say to the Father, a day is like a second

And a minute’s like a year

So for you to be up in eternity with Him

I do not think that time for you is the same as it is down here

And there’s no sorrow so I guess you

Never get to see all of the times that I sin and I drop the ball

But that’s probably for my benefit

Cause if you were to see all of the junk that I’ve done

You’d probably smack my mug and all

Holy father, won’t you please send this message to my loved one:

Pretty mama, your heart lives on right in your son, yeah

No matter how much time that’s in this world

That pass me by, eh

I’ll be home with you

In the blink of an eye