[Intro]
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How could you leave so unexpected?
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We were waiting, we were waiting
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For you, but you just left us
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We needed you, I needed you
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[Verse 1]
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Yo, I dont know what its like to be addicted to pills
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But I do know what its like to be a witness, it kills
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Mama told me she loved me, Im thinking this isnt real
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I think of you when I get a whiff of that cigarette smell, yeah
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Welcome to the bottom of hell
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They say pain is a prison, let me out of my cell
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You say you proud of me, but you dont know me that well
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Sit in my room, tears runnin down my face and I yell
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Into my pillowcases, say you comin to get us
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Then call a minute later just to tell us youre not, Im humiliated
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Im in a room with a parent that I dont barely know
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Some lady in the corner watchin us while shes takin notes
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I dont get it, Mom, dont you want to watch your babies grow?
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I guess pills are more important, all you have to say is “no”
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But you wont do it, will you?
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You gon keep poppin til them pills kill you
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I know you gone, but I can still feel you
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[Chorus]
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Why would you leave us?
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Why would you leave us here?
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How could you leave us here?
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How could you leave us?
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Why would you leave us? Oh
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Hey
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[Verse 2]
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I got this picture in my room and it kills me
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But I dont need a picture of my mom, I need the real thing
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Now a relationship is somethin we wont ever have
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But why do I feel like I lost somethin that I never had?
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You shoulda been there when I graduated
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Told me you loved me and congratulations
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Instead you left us at the window waitin
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Where you at, Mom?
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Were too young to understand, where you at, huh?
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Yeah, I know them drugs have got you held captive
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I can see it in your eyes, they got your mind captured
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Some say its fun to get the high, but I am not laughin
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And what you dont realize, and what youre not graspin
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That I was nothin but a kid who couldnt understand it
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I aint gon say that I forgive you cause it hasnt happened
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I thought that maybe I feel better as time passes
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If you really cared for me, then where you at then?
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[Chorus]
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Why would you leave us?
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Why would you leave us here?
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How could you leave us here?
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How could you leave us?
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Why would you leave us? Oh
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Hey
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[Verse 3]
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Our last conversation, you and I sat in the livin room
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Talkin bout my music and I brought you some to listen to
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You started cryin, tellin me, “This isnt you”
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A couple weeks later, guess you were singin a different tune
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You took them pills for the last time, didnt you?
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They took you from us once, I guess they came back to finish you
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Cryin my eyes out in the studio is difficult
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Music is the only place that I can go to speak to you
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It took everything inside of me, not to scream at your funeral
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Sittin in my chair, that person talkin was pitiful
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I wish you were here, Mama, but every time I picture you
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All I feel is pain, I hate the way I remember you
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They found you on the floor, I could tell you felt hollow
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Gave everything you had, plus your life to them pill bottles
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You gave everything you had, plus your life to them pill bottles
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Dont know if you hear me or not, but if youre still watchin, Ma
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[Chorus]
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Why would you leave us?
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Why would you leave us here?
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How could you leave us here?
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How could you leave us?
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Why would you leave us? Oh
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Hey
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[Outro]
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Sometimes I think about, like
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Sometimes I think about things, like
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You know, when Id have kids, Im like, Im like
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You wont be there, you know?
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You wont be there for any of that
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And I never get to see you again
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Sometimes I wish I wouldve just called you
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I wish I wouldve just picked up the phone
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I wish you were here
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I mean, you shouldve been there for us
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You shouldve been here
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The pills got you, right?
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Them pills got you, right?
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I wish you were here
