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My Stone '17 feat. Samsoche Sampson & Yako 440

from The Bridge by Frank Waln

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Verse 1:
89 we say hello/ he says goodbye
daddy left when I was 3 and made us cry
you and I clyde and bonnie of modern day
drama came and friends left but mamma stayed
through everything/ all the fights and all the pain
all the change/ I hate my dad don’t want his name
told my mom that I’m a Waln didn’t understand
all the things going on between her and my dad
but I was stubborn/ I know that I make it hard
you always said “son I know you’re gonna make it far”
believe that I need that in dark times
I think of what you did for me and my heart shines
You took my hand up this mountain made it your climb
So when I shine, mom you shine
Yeah a single mother with the odds stacked
Raised a king one day I’ll bring it all back

Chorus:
Lived all my life just me and you
Times got tough and you’ve seen me through
I ain’t have a dad and we ain’t have a plan
Raised by a woman who made me a man
I know I ain’t home and your boy is grown
I need you to know that you’re not alone
I can let it rock you will be my stone
Forever in my heart you will be my stone

Bridge:
Ina Mitawa (my mother in Lakota) I couldn’t do this alone

Verse 2:
You always gave me what I needed somehow always found the time
Single parent it’s apparent that you stayed up on your grind
I remember you would put me first
It was hard but you said “son it could be worse”
And you were right/ it’s funny
Looking back days were sunny
You kept me smiling even though we didn’t have the money
That other people did/ somehow you made it happen
I promise mom that I’m gonna do it with this rapping
Cuz you took me everywhere in my cap and my backpack
20 years later now I’m rapping in snapbacks
rocking the long braids/ we came a long way
you kept me on the right road away from the wrong way
forever I’m grateful/ for the life you gave
the tears that we cried the sacrifice you made
Yeah a single mother with the odds stacked
Raised a king one day I’ll bring it all back

Chorus

Outro:
All the problems in the world couldn’t tear us apart
All the traumas in the world couldn’t tear us apart
Mom, you’re my heart
You’re my heart

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from The Bridge, released September 1, 2017

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Frank Waln Rosebud, South Dakota

Award winning Hip Hop artist/producer from the Rosebud Reservation.

Sicangu Lakota.

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