Josh Smith, JP Silva - Heather lyrics

Heather, you know who you are
This one's for you

Jeans, sweatshirt, with no makeup on
People looking at her funny
They don’t know what’s wrong just a teen
But she’s seen some stuff you won’t believe
Being molested by her coach while
On a soccer team
Struggling to recover but that the
Least of her worries
See there’s a story no one’s heard of
And it such a burden to her she’s hurting
Put into Child Protective Services
When her mom had squeezed her neck and
Dropped her hard on the floor again
With the whole family watching
They ain’t do nothing
Acting like she’s fine at school, but, yo
She tired of frontin’
Self-esteem dwindling, belittling
Not feeling confident because her life
Ain’t what it should’ve been
And the worst of it is that
That ain’t the worst of it, yet
Self-examination found a lump inside
Of her chest
She’s schizophrenic, she’s feeling manic
She starts to panic
It’s like the world is just closing in
A leaf detached from a tree
She’s blowing in the wind in remission
But scared that cancer’s coming back again
Thinking about suicide
Like her friend that actually did
It’s just too much that she don’t deserve
She wanted it to end
But Lord why? The girl is only sixteen
Worried that she’ll never get
To follow her dreams
Little sister stuck at home
But she’s more like a daughter
Can’t stay with her crack head
Mother and her nonexistent father
Yeah, life falling apart
She picking the pieces up and
Hoping for a new start
It’s dark, she’s so scared of being all alone
She's calling and waiting patiently for
Somebody to answer the phone
But when they do, she just gets put on hold
God bless her poor breaking, aching
And shaken soul don’t wanna go home
So she stays late at school
Step into the size nines
Of Ms heather Nicole, let's go

Listen, I know how you feel
Dark empty mysterious still
Delirious to the point of oblivion
I could only imagine your opinion
Of your mom cuz I definitely had mine
And maybe we learn to forgive in time
But, I feel the pain that you go through
You look for comfort as pain controls you
You struggled to breathe when
You’re by yourself then when you with other
Niggas you somebody else
You put on a mask and hope that it last
Cuz you look at the past and
Saw how fast it went by
You think you’re okay as long
As you believe in yourself
Till you realized you gave up a long time ago
And put the book back on the shelf
You can’t believe how you kept on just going
Constant pain constantly flowing
You tears become blood as
Your sorrow starts showing
You sicken and bleaken as
Your pain is growing
Till you just have enough and
Your anger starts blowing
Staring at your room on that dark empty bed
Thinking everything he said
You cry and plead for God to help
You crumpled and bent down and knelt
Prayed for forgiveness and that out
Of goodness he’d spare you
But he didn’t answer and just stared at you
But, you’re still standing Heather
I’m still standing and we can do it together
It don’t matter if it rain, let it rain
Like Eminem he said the wetter the better
So please
I’m not gonna show signs of slowing down
I’ma be exposing and showing the
World what I've become
Cuz if there's anyone to blow
My parents will be one
I love you Heather hold it together
Cuz Birdie and I are gonna need you forever

Yeah, I see you on the daily
You got me feeling worried sick
Because your life is crazy
But can you blame me? I’m
Just concerning for your safety
Cuz it seems like your situation
Is getting deeper lately
Hold up, I gotta slow it down
It pisses me off how no one ever comes around
You’re crying for help
But no one ever hears a sound
You just got me, JP and four
Five more to hold you down
Some of the stuff you come to
Me with simply blows my mind
Like what you mean that you ain’t
Got nowhere to sleep tonight?
And what you mean telling me that
You got kicked out the house?
I wish you could come with me
So I could shelter you
But money’s tight at home and it’s
Like there’s nothing I can do
And then I see these dudes with
Money acting like a fool
Like only if they knew what kind
Of life you’re living through
Would they still drop these
Stacks on clothes and
All these things they’re not gon’ use?
They probably would
Cuz when you’re towards the top
You’re just worried about some fresh
Kicks that you’re tryna cop
When people lost towards the bottom
Just tryna steady rock
But they can’t when the government’s
Giving them that steady rock
That’s what happened to HEATHER
She’s just part of the system
Her daddy’s gone
But it’s hard for her to really miss him
She’s hoping for a better life
She’s on both knees and wishing
But it’s the same thing everyday
Repeat it, wash it, and rinse it
HEATHER NICOLE, I want you to know this
You know I love you like a brother
But I don’t always show it
And I see you grinding, shining
And I praise you for it
Over the past couple of years
We’ve done a lot of growing
I’m proud of you
I’ll always be right by your side
And you know I’ll be there for
You till the day I die
Life can only get better, so no need to cry
Wipe the tears up off your face and
Jump right up and touch the sky

Listen, I know how you feel
Dark empty mysterious still
Delirious to the point of oblivion
I could only imagine your opinion
Of your mom cuz I definitely had mine
And maybe we learn to forgive in time
But, I feel the pain that you go through
You look for comfort as pain controls you
You struggled to breathe when
You’re by yourself then when you with other
Niggas you somebody else
You put on a mask and hope that it last
Cuz you look at the past and
Saw how fast it went by
You think you’re okay as long
As you believe in yourself
Till you realized you gave up a long time ago
And put the book back on the shelf
You can’t believe how you kept on just going
Constant pain constantly flowing
You tears become blood as
Your sorrow starts showing
You sicken and bleaken as
Your pain is growing
Till you just have enough and
Your anger starts blowing
Staring at your room on that dark empty bed
Thinking everything he said
You cry and plead for GOD to help
You crumpled and bent down and knelt
Prayed for forgiveness and that out
Of goodness he’d spare you
But he didn’t answer and just stared at you
But, you’re still standing HEATHER
I’m still standing and we can do it together
It don’t matter if it rain, let it rain
Like EMINEM he said the wetter the better
So please
I’m not gonna show signs of slowing down
I’ma be exposing and showing the
World what I've become
Cuz if there's anyone to blow
My parents will be one
I love you HEATHER hold it together
Cuz BIRDIE and I are gonna need you forever