[ Featuring Leaf Dog ]
And If I had those powers
To bring you back here again
And if you were here, standing right here in front of me
I would hold you, and squeeze you
And say something like
I keep my soul
And the breath in my lungs
Keep the love that I had, girl
Whatever's left you can take (whatever's left you can take, bitch)
I keep my soul (keep my soul, Rag'n'Bone man)
Keep the breath in my lungs (Leaf Dog, check)
Keep the love that I had (love I had)
Whatever's left you can take (take, take, take, take)
Whatever's left you can take
Like when I die, give my seeds the estate, key to the final gate
Still spins on a vinyl plate, partake for the sake, just to numb the heartache
Another mate gone, is it all fake?
I don't know, used to think that I did
Running 'round stealing shit as a knuckle head kid
Found hip-hop and skate vids, copies with the tape hits
Good times running 'round chasing the same bitch
Never shouted, "Amen", we were kids trying to be men
The first girl I loved got killed for no reason
Sleeping on floors, creeping out back doors
Stuck on permanent tour, selling badly skanked draw
F*ck the laws, I abide by nothing
Ever since my wrists were too small to be cuffing
It's funny now I meet all my heroes
I was living what they claim but the truth wasn't near close
I keep my soul (I keep my soul, I keep my soul, son)
And the breath in my lungs (no matter what f*ckin' happens)
Keep the love that I had (can't take this shit from me)
Whatever's left you can take
I keep my soul (I keep my soul, keep my mind right)
Keep the breath in my lungs (tryna stay strong)
Keep the love that I had (love I had)
Whatever's left you can take (whatever's left, son, whatever's left)
Yo
There's a subject that ain't yet touched
It's been ten years, pen still in a tight clutch, it ain't enough
There's no words I can speak, can't remember the day or even the week that you left
I need to get this off of my chest, just saying this is the hardest thing I've expressed on the page
I see dead people on stage, hiding all emotion, pissed up in a blind rage
Can't think to the days when you were slowly fading
But I know that you saved me on a few occasions
I miss you but it is what it is, just wish that you could've seen the shit that I did
Always beefed as a kid, running 'round different places I lived
Still stick by the statements you give
This side of me is hid but I need to let go
And for some dumb reason you're the one I'm going to let know
I keep my soul (I keep my soul)
And the breath in my lungs (rest in peace to the lost but not forgotten)
Keep the love that I had (love that I had)
Whatever's left you can take
I keep my soul (I keep my soul, and my father, rest in peace)
Keep the breath in my lungs
Keep the love that I had
Whatever's left you can take (whatever's left you can take, whatever's left you can take)
Still with us
