its amazing how far music can come.. 24 years after it released and its one of the most heartfelt songs ive heard
I stopped talking to my mama for three months
No eye contact during lunch
Wasn't nothing else around us
But mountains and trees
And my guilty worthless screams
"What was wrong with me?"
Was the question, it was
It was "How could she?"
What happen to a daddy girl when
Daddy don't exist no more?
I guess we gon' see
Wishing I could call you
You know when that bell ring
Angels get they wings
Someone tell me we gon'
Be alright but I think that I gotta be
One deep one deep, one deep
Dip my black body in gold (uniform)
I just wanna shed (ice cold)
Diamond crust (getting warm)
Somebody put me on the soap box
I got the voice of my kin folk, my mama
Mama gave me blessings and then some
I'm youngest of two, feeling like a elder
Alone in my room, wishing I could tell ya
"I love you", "I love too"
The best of me only comes out when it's you
But sorry ain't in my vocabulary
Man you better call me
You know when that bell ring
I will be on time someone told me if we
Listen to our hearts then
We gon' be alright (I'm ready) four deep
Four deep
When I melted into your chest
Just read this and think about it
Talk to me in person
No eye contact during lunch
Wasn't nothing else around us
But mountains and trees
And my guilty worthless screams
"What was wrong with me?"
Was the question, it was
It was "How could she?"
What happen to a daddy girl when
Daddy don't exist no more?
I guess we gon' see
Wishing I could call you
You know when that bell ring
Angels get they wings
Someone tell me we gon'
Be alright but I think that I gotta be
One deep one deep, one deep
Dip my black body in gold (uniform)
I just wanna shed (ice cold)
Diamond crust (getting warm)
Somebody put me on the soap box
I got the voice of my kin folk, my mama
Mama gave me blessings and then some
I'm youngest of two, feeling like a elder
Alone in my room, wishing I could tell ya
"I love you", "I love too"
The best of me only comes out when it's you
But sorry ain't in my vocabulary
Man you better call me
You know when that bell ring
I will be on time someone told me if we
Listen to our hearts then
We gon' be alright (I'm ready) four deep
Four deep
When I melted into your chest
Just read this and think about it
Talk to me in person
Lyrics submitted by Mellow_Harsher
1 Deep Lyrics as written by Melissa Jefferson Brandon Burton
Lyrics © Downtown Music Publishing, Kobalt Music Publishing Ltd.
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