One Last Call
She said,
“Baby boy, you’re growing up
It’s time you learned the rules
Sure enough, I ain’t gon’ be here forever
That’s just the truth
And I refuse to raise a son in this cold world
To get lost, chasing cars like a dog
With no leash; remember God!
‘Cause these other kids run around
Acting like no One’s watching
Like they’re motherless
Sundown
Parents don’t even call them
Please don’t follow those
Never be like that
Never follow them
Sit on your nana’s lap.”
/
She was the classiest woman that I've known
She was second to none
A pure old soul
Used to use the phone
As a way to connect
To her precious young girl
And us two young kids
Always short on change
Couldn't set up a trip
No money to spend
On airplanes and jets
We were too young
Couldn't read the lip
Never understood the script
To a native tongue
So, we would sit
And only hear the love
We didn't need to see
'Cause we could feel the Love
I guess it's true
Love really is blind
When two hearts connect
There’s no need for eyes
In my mind
I see her smiling
Through the phone line
Reminisce sometimes
If I had only known
She’d be gone
I'd make sure she knew
/
The sky keeps falling
Falling on my shoulders
And I don’t need nobody’s help to hold it
But, all I really need is one
That’s all
Someone to call
When it’s falling on my shoulders
And there’s not a single soul to notice
All I really need is one
And that’s all
One last call
/
She used to advise me
To choose friends wisely
My reply was, “Please, don’t remind me,
I’m fully capable and ‘unphasable’
Friends don’t make me,”
But, I made friends
Who then chose to bend and follow trends
I think how and when I followed them
We shifted like the wind
Not limb for limb
Nor eye for an eye, but we all went blind
And at times I’m reminded
So I rewind my life to
Find in hindsight just where I wound up
And how the whole world drowned then found us
It’s just so profound
How we can face-plant then stand up
And brush off the dust
But, fall right back into the same old habits
I think that’s the lesson
The moral and a blessing
To learn from the faults
We each keep in our hearts
/
The sky keeps falling
Falling on my shoulders
And I don’t need nobody’s help to hold it
But, all I really need is one
That’s all
Someone to call
When it’s falling on my shoulders
And there’s not a single soul to notice
All I really need is one
And that’s all
One last call