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Last Call For Wade

  1. **Last Call for Lil’ Wade**
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  3.  
  4. Intro (spoken, urgent)
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  6. Yeah… this one hurt. Story gotta be told. Rest up, Wade.
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  8.  
  9. Verse 1
  10.  
  11. Night thicker than guilt, block quiet but my chest loud,
  12.  
  13. seen Wade walkin' with that limp like he carryin' clouds.
  14.  
  15. He was laughin' on the stoop, diamonds on his front teeth,
  16.  
  17. but that smile was borrowed, pain hidden underneath.
  18.  
  19. We passed the bottle, passed the blunt, thought we passin' time,
  20.  
  21. never thought a pill would steal a brother off the line.
  22.  
  23. He said "I’m straight" —that voice shaky like a wire,
  24.  
  25. I watched him take that look like a man risin' from the fire.
  26.  
  27. Lights flash in my head, them ambulance sirens slow,
  28.  
  29. I called his name, felt my throat close, river in my soul.
  30.  
  31. Neighbors peep the porch, they whisperin' real low,
  32.  
  33. Mama cross her chest, "Not my baby, no."
  34.  
  35. Tried to wake him up, slapped his face, tried to pry his eyes,
  36.  
  37. felt his heartbeat fadin' like the last line of the sky.
  38.  
  39.  
  40. Hook (melodic, pleading)
  41.  
  42. Last call for Lil’ Wade, he gone where the cold winds blow,
  43.  
  44. used to run these corners, now he layin' where the candles glow.
  45.  
  46. We sayin' "fuck the pain" but the pain still got the show,
  47.  
  48. last call for Lil’ Wade —don’t let another brother go. (x2)
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  50.  
  51. Verse 2
  52.  
  53. I remember summers, Wade pushin' bikes for pocket change,
  54.  
  55. we dreamed of bigger things, escape from the same cage.
  56.  
  57. He got lured by the promise painted on a little pill,
  58.  
  59. said it’d numb the hurt —turned the hurt into a kill.
  60.  
  61. The streets kept talkin', whisperin' like snakes in grass,
  62.  
  63. "Just one more fix" —now Wade's face stuck in a glass.
  64.  
  65. Funeral chairs foldin' like the plans we used to make,
  66.  
  67. Auntie cryin' in the back, Mama can't even take a breath.
  68.  
  69. Past pictures on the mantel, smile frozen like a crime,
  70.  
  71. I replay the last conversation —swear I waste my time.
  72.  
  73. If I could trade my chain for his heartbeat, I'd go broke,
  74.  
  75. if I could buy him back, I'd pawn the city for the hope.
  76.  
  77. But nothin' buys back time, nothin' brings the dead to life,
  78.  
  79. just cold coffee on the table and an empty bed at night.
  80.  
  81.  
  82. Hook (melodic, louder)
  83.  
  84. Last call for Lil’ Wade, he gone where the cold winds blow,
  85.  
  86. used to run these corners, now he layin' where the candles glow.
  87.  
  88. We sayin' "fuck the pain" but the pain still got the show,
  89.  
  90. last call for Lil’ Wade —don’t let another brother go. (x2)
  91.  
  92.  
  93. Bridge (spoken, raw)
  94.  
  95. Ain’t no glory in the grave, ain’t no respect in the stone,
  96.  
  97. we count the loss like trophies, swear we never alone.
  98.  
  99. But when the night get quiet, every name feel like a knife,
  100.  
  101. Wade takin' part of me with him, like he takin' half my life.
  102.  
  103.  
  104. Verse 3 (cold detail, remorse)
  105.  
  106. Seen his jacket in the closet, still smell like winter rain,
  107.  
  108. I put it on sometimes, feel the memory cut like cane.
  109.  
  110. Kids on the corner ask about him, say "Where he at?"
  111.  
  112. I tell 'em "He gone," kids look at me like facts ain't facts.
  113.  
  114. If you hear this, lil' homie, if you walkin' with that pain,
  115.  
  116. talk to someone, don’t swallow silence down the drain.
  117.  
  118. We lose too many to the quiet and the shame,
  119.  
  120. last call ain't just for Wade —it's a warning with a name.
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  122.  
  123. Final Hook (soft, mournful)
  124.  
  125. Last call for Lil’ Wade, he gone where the cold winds blow,
  126.  
  127. pumpkin light on the stoop, but the shadow won't let go.
  128.  
  129. We shout into the night, but the night don't answer though,
  130.  
  131. last call for Lil’ Wade —learn from what we know. (x2)
  132.  
  133.  
  134. Outro (short, remorseful)
  135.  
  136. Rest up, Wade. We see you. Don’t make it how you back.

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