Voicemail Prayer
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Hmm
Some nights I still hear the dial tone
Like voices inside my backbone
Hmm
I traded dinners for deadlines, chasing horizons in silence
Unread messages piling like leaves in the harmattan climate
Dreams were loud in my chest but my pockets were quiet
Every promise I made felt like paper in fire
Some people called me brother when the hunger was certain
Now the same faces watch me from the far side of curtains
I know I vanished like smoke when the pressure was urgent
Forgive the ghost in my story, I was fighting a burden
And to the girl that said love was a roof in December
You left when the wind made my bones start to shiver
Now my songs in your speaker, my voice you remember
But the boy in the silence You never considered
If my shadow ever crossed your peace
I hope these melodies bring release
All the nights that I chose my dreams
Over hearts that were close to me
If you hear this song on your radio
Know say my heart still dey owe you, oh
Every step that I take for road
Carry pieces of people I know
Some I loved, some I lost to hope
Some I ghost just to chase my goals
If my voice reach your stereo
Know say I still dey pray for you
Oh
Even when I fade from view
I still dey pray for you
Fame is a room full of strangers with permanent lighting
Where your laughter echoes but the silence is frightening
They applaud when you glow but ignore when you're fighting
So you smile through the ache just to keep them from prying
I remember the benches where we shared small ambitions
Dreams felt holy but hunger was part of religion
Now the stages are brighter but something is missing
Maybe peace is the thing that success never gives you
And the girls that said loving me felt like a prison
Now they dancing to records I wrote in the kitchen
Funny how when the Sun finally breaks through the distance
Everybody remembers your name in a second
If my shadow ever crossed your peace
I hope these melodies bring release
All the nights that I chose my dreams
Over hearts that were close to me
If you hear this song on your radio
Know say my heart still dey owe you, oh
Every mile that I walk for road
Carry ghosts of the love I know
Some I lost, some I left for hope
Some I ghost just to chase my goals
If my voice reach your stereo
Know say I still dey pray for you
Every blessing get invisible scars
Every victory remember the dark
I was building a future from dust
But I know say some hearts paid the cost
If forgiveness fit travel this far
Let this music return what I lost
If you hear this song on your radio
Know say my heart still dey owe you, oh
All the nights wey I disappear
Na the dream wey I dey pursue
If my name ever cross your mind
Hope the memories treat you kind
Even when I no call your phone
You still live for my prayer zone
Oh
Even when I fade from view
I still dey pray for you