{"id":300193,"created_at":"2023-10-03 07:09:31","updated_at":"2024-05-09 03:42:53","deleted_at":null,"published_at":"2023-10-03 07:09:31","original_id":null,"artist_id":146966,"title":"R.I.P (Return if possible)","slug":"rip-return-if-possible","status":"published","description":null,"album_id":null,"streets":1,"source_type":"s3","source":"file","lyrics":"Ekhaya besiy' five\r\nGrowing up as kids\r\nTwo transitioned to the other side\r\nNow I reminisce\r\nI always cry\r\nWhen I look at family pics\r\nPain, better with time\r\nMemories are pure bliss\r\nTurn back the hands of time\r\nSavour the moment as it ticks\r\nMaybe, I'll be alright\r\nIf I see your face or a glimpse\r\nI wish were still alive\r\nMara fede ak'na niks\r\nWhen we lost my big bro\r\nIt was one early morning\r\nDoctor on the phone\r\nTold us he was no more\r\nI know he was sick though\r\nIt was hard to see him go\r\nSix-feet below\r\nDrowning in my own tears\r\nCan't stay afloat\r\nEven harder for my folks\r\nYo I won't forget that night\r\nWhen I heard my dad cry\r\nBut I totally understood why\r\nHe'd just lost his first born child\r\n\r\nIf distance makes the heart grow fonder\r\nThen why does my spirit feel dark and somber\r\nSo tormented with trauma\r\nNow listen to my song\r\nSo sorrowful and solemn\r\nLong gone but not forgotten\r\nLife without you's horrible\r\nSo would you return if possible\r\n\r\nMy sister was happy\r\nTill she fell in love badly\r\nSadly, no love from her crappy baby-daddy\r\nDiary of a single mother\r\nYoung, black and angry\r\nBaby formula and nappy\r\nThe burdens that carry\r\nBut quite gladly\r\nShe had a loving, supportive family\r\nFor her child's well-being\r\nBoy now becoming manly\r\nHe fell far from that tree\r\nCause he looks like you exactly\r\n20-14 came, again struck tragedy\r\nLeft cut open from torso to chest cavity\r\nNeeded attention urgently\r\nBut you know how government hospital nurses be\r\nMost certainly\r\nSister in state of diminished health\r\nLaying on the bed\r\nLeft to fend for herself\r\nFamily went to great lengths\r\nBut that was that then\r\nThat's how her life unfairly ends\r\nBut there's damning evidence\r\nShe died of medical negligence\r\n\r\nIf distance makes the heart grow fonder\r\nThen why does my spirit feel dark and somber\r\nSo tormented with trauma\r\nNow listen to my song\r\nSo sorrowful and solemn\r\nLong gone but not forgotten\r\nLife without you's horrible\r\nSo would you return if possible\r\n\r\nMy cousin Small died from asthma\r\nThen his elder\r\nBrother suite five years after\r\nLike a spiraling disaster\r\nMy uncle succumbed to covid\r\nGot buried, I didn't know it\r\nTo my friend Jovi\r\nR.I.P Lowi\r\nAbantwana bakaMam'khulu\r\nULwazi noSonti\r\nMy aunt Phumzile, Khanyisile, noKhosi\r\nR.I.P to Bonginkosi\r\nI hope you're all warm and cozy\r\nTo all who passed the ball\r\nIf heaven had a number then I'd give you a call\r\nAnd ask you how you doing\r\nCause I'm not well at all\r\nSee when I try to walk\r\nI always seem to fall\r\nCan't take baby-steps\r\nCause I never learnt to crawl\r\nAnd in your memory pour out some alcohol\r\nEvery day's an obstacle\r\nLike father awaits the prodigal\r\nLife without you's horrible\r\nSo please\r\nWould you return if possible\r\n\r\nIf distance makes the heart grow fonder\r\nThen why does my spirit feel dark and somber\r\nSo tormented with trauma\r\nNow listen to my song\r\nSo sorrowful and solemn\r\nLong gone but not forgotten\r\nLife without you's horrible\r\nSo would you return if possible","download_count":20,"play_count":1,"restrict_download":0,"generated_thumbnail":null,"flag_count":0,"download_count_24":1,"download_count_24_at":"2024-05-09","reupload_sent":0,"thumb_path":"https:\/\/s3.eu-central-1.amazonaws.com\/sol-assets\/uploads\/public\/651\/ba1\/8fe\/thumb_979623_300_300_0_0_crop.jpg","status_reason":"published","status_reason_alt":null,"tags":[]}