Jonylah Forever Lyrics - Lupe Fiasco

[Intro] 

You live, forever 

[Verse 1] 

How 'bout them bullets ain't slow you up? 

You ain't really die and we watched you grow up 

At 12 months you took your first steps 

Awkwardly across the kitchen floor to your best 

Your first breaths that we can call words 

You In your father's lap on November 23rd 

And they were, Live for me, and he did for you 

Flipped to Neutron and stayed inside the crib for you 

And this commitment from your father 

Imparted a deep sense of value you forever harbor 

We were all so proud as we seen you getting smarter 

And the bond grow deeper between a mother and a daughter 

But you were not a martyr 

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[Hook: Apparat] 

Find out, I was just a bad dream 

Goodbye 

[Verse 2] 

At six, you started reading whole books 

At seven, you knew how a brain looked 

And could roughly describe, all the different regions 

Could tell when we was sick and even knew the reason 

The world wasn't at peace, gunfire every weekend 

But you were hardly there, cause you was always leaving 

Field museum, planetarium, aquarium 

You saw something special in that tank you were starin' in 

And in those moments, as a little girl 

You realized it was a bigger world 

Bigger than the South Side, bigger than Chicago 

You were bigger, still wanted rims on your car though 

And big ass woofers in your car door 

So you could wang like your daddy at the park eating sharks 

Went to King where you were teased for being smart 

Where you bumped into Hadiya teaching art 

You live forever 

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[Hook: Apparat] 

Find out, I was just a bad dream 

Neither ever, nor never, goodbye 

Neither ever, nor never, goodbye 

Neither 

[Verse 3] 

At sixteen is when you got your scholarship 

At twenty-two is when you got your doctorate 

Even now it's kind of hard to believe 

But your father taught you work hard, and achieve 

And you complied 

Accepted by every medical school you applied 

But the coolest thing is when they offered you that high paying slot, you replied 

They need me in the hood, and that's where you reside 

Free clinic, nobody denied 

And that's where you heard the shots and quickly ran outside 

And saw a man and a van and a bleeding baby in his hands 

Fading fast, but you knew she could survive 

Did everything you could to keep this girl alive 

Stabilized until the ambulance arrived 

And in that moment, where you gave your help 

I bet you didn't know that you saved yourself 

[Outro: Apparat & Lupe Fiasco] 

Fold down your hands, give me a sign 

Hooked on your lies 

Lay down next to me, don't listen when I scream 

Bury your doubts and fall asleep 

Lord have mercy