DEFENDER'S RAP

• Reminiscing about them old times on the block,
• Back when I would go to catch a sell and you would hold my rocks,
• I had me a flock but you was the pick of the litter,
• Soft skin, and a voice so tender,
• I remember that first winter when you let me enter,
• I knew I had me a winner,
• You was my peace in the middle of the storm,
• Kept me grounded when the money got warm,
• We shared dreams of a life far from the game,
• But the streets kept calling, pulling us by the chain,
• Your loyalty was solid, never switched for fame,
• Held my secrets close, never spoke my name,
• Nights in the trap, counting cash by the light,
• You was my queen, making everything right,
• Then the raid hit hard, they took me away that night,
• Left you crying, promising you’d hold it down tight.
• Verse 2
• Locked up in that cell, missing your love with every breath,
• Your letters was my lifeline, saving me from death,
• You promised you’d be waiting when they cut me loose,
• On that release day, we’d celebrate the truce,
• With the streets and the pain that kept us apart,
• I marked the calendar, counting down in my heart,
• Finally the day came, gates opened wide,
• I walked out a free man, with you on my mind,
• Standing at the pick up spot, watching cars drive by,
• Minutes turned to hours, tears starting to fill my eyes,
• Then the call came through, shattering my soul,
• You was rushing to get me, trying to make it whole,
• On that highway stretch, your car lost its way,
• Crashed into the median, in the light of day,
• They said it was instant, you was gone just like that,
• Now I’m missing your love, with a heart under attack.