Goin' Through It

Years since the last hit of anything

Every now and then, still feel ashamed

And still self-medicating by a different name

Really hope the baby don't inherit that specific pain

I can't lie, sometimes I wish I didn't exist

I think of all the flyness that I would've missed

I put that on the love of the kids

I wouldn't trade one minute of this

My people are goin' through it, through it

My family goin' through it, through it

My loved ones goin' through it, through it

I don't see how they do it, do it

My people are goin' through it, through it

My family goin' through it, through it

My loved ones goin' through it, through it

I don't see how they do it, do it

They had an anniversary to celebrate

It's gonna take a lot more than a dinner date

Forty years in the game, their feelings still the same

Chill and wave goodbye and hit the interstate

How them old school couples do

Bangin' all the music they first fell in love to

Think of all the experience they hung through

Somethin' all them years strugglin' can't undo

He woke up to a close call

Drivin' through the night and he musta dozed off

Swerved to the right, lost control of the car

Hit a patch of ice on the road and rolled off

Last thing he remember is the car rollin'

Everything started happenin' in slow motion

When he woke up, the whole fam' standin' over

Nobody had to say it, it was all on them

He attended the funeral in his wheelchair

He told her, "Ma, I'm still here"

And if you remain patient through the pain

When it's through doin' it's thing, the gratitude remains

There's very few things sweeter when your love is your wealth

I knew that woman longer than y'all have known yourself

There are no mistakes in beginnings and ends

So long my sweet friend

Until we meet again

My people are goin' through it, through it

My loved ones goin' through it, through it

I don't know how they do it, do it

My people are goin' through it, through it

My family goin' through it, through it

My loved ones goin' through it, through it

I don't care how they do it, do it