CHORUS 1: Days turn to night, nights turn to day My eyes are getting weary, my mind is in a haze My little brother’s what I’m thinking about And I just can’t sleep so I’m inking it out
VERSE 1: April 13th, 1986, the day that you were born But we were never warned, What was meant to be, you were a child of destiny, That one day you’d be gone, the rest of us are just left to be
Here on this Earth, nothing left to do but go to church And try to build a place up in the dirt Who would ever think that your brother would be a nurse Then go'on from being a nurse to putting vocals on the verse and moving work
Since the day I put my brother in a hearse My whole life done changed, I don’t like this game And I promised Dan Bones I’d make him famous So I’ll ride ‘till I die if that’s the price of fame
CHORUS 2: Days turn to night, nights turn to day My eyes are getting weary, my mind is in a haze My little brother’s what I’m thinking about And I just can’t sleep so I’m inking it out
VERSE 2: July 22nd, 1993 The day that you were almost taken away from me Hit by the whip, in front of the church My mind couldn't understand but my stomach did lurch
And I never saw my father run as fast as he could To hold a boy in his arms, like a good father should And he dropped to his knees that day and he prayed, and he prayed
And three angels did come out of the light To lay their hands on a child and save his life No man should have to say goodbye to a son And may God help the one’s that have to say it twice
CHORUS 3: Days turn to night, nights turn to day My eyes are getting weary, my mind is in a haze My little brother’s what I’m thinking about And I just can’t sleep so I’m inking it out
VERSE 3: The final Sunday of August, 20-09 The day my little brother past for the last time That’s the day I had to look in his eyes and realize I could no longer look in his eyes
I shook and I cried, I can’t believe it, I’m losing it, Like a lunatic, and the truth of it’s I never prayed harder than the ambulance ride And I never felt more at the mercy of God
It hurts me inside to have to say goodbye, I’m pissed But who am I to argue with God So in the end, I had to say my peace with a kiss As I cried and laid the scapular around his wrist
That day turned to night, that night turned to day And we prayed for it to go away I’m much more old today, and there’s not much more to say Than it’s much more cold and gray
Without you, My days turn to night my nights turn to day my mind is in a haze... I’m thinking ‘bout you, my little brother So I’m sitting here inking it out
I got the deep dark navy blues So I’m drinking it out, straight from the bottle like a baby do Damn Dan Bones I miss the way we do The way you’d say to go, that’s the way we’d move
So I’ma rep your name babe, ‘till they’re astonished, honest And that’s a promise I’ma never give up! Even when the weather gets rough, and the levys give up I’ma stay arch nemesis tough
I may not be hot now, my brother, get knocked down to the gutter But I’ll rise from the crevices up Play through the odds, pay dues to God Stay cool and die when my sentence is up
Days turn to night, my nights turn to day My eyes are getting weary, my mind is in a haze I can’t even see a mother fucking eighth of an inch in front of my face
We rocked South Beach from dusk ‘till dawn in Piston’s gear then one dusk your gone, sixteen years and you fought so hard, so the music is the happiness, mixed with tears
I wish you’re here, cause since you left me Everything in life is anything but crystal clear, yeah And it’s night again, so I write again As long as I can find my light and I can find my pen
I’ma fight my friend, got to let them know there’s no guitar, Chris can play on a Banjo I’m out of paper, I’ma etch it in sandstone Just so the whole Damn world knows Dan Bones
The music’s for you, know that “brah” ‘Cause you love the way I rap when Chris is bumping guitar So now everyday I pledge that I’ma make you a star And every other day I wish I was in front of that car... My little brother...
