COCOA BUTTER

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Intro

Dear Mama, I been meaning to write this

Verse 1

Your hands smelled like cocoa butter and the 6 AM bus I remember you braiding my hair with the news on mute You hummed something Baptist while the coffee went cold Apartment 4C, the radiator ticking all winter I moved back home six months ago, you know that I know you noticed, but you haven't asked me why And I love you for that, honestly The guest room still got my eighth grade trophies on the shelf Like you always knew I'd need somewhere to land

Pre-chorus 1

And I keep telling myself this is what family does This is what the good ones look like when it gets rough

Chorus

You're not heavy, Mama, not to me I would carry this twice I would walk it on my knees Everything's good on my side, I'm good I eat right, I sleep fine, I'm good I'm good

Verse 2

Monday was the pharmacy on Sunrise, the long one Tuesday the specialist off University, waited two hours Wednesday I called Humana, forty-three minutes on hold Thursday I drove you to the bloodwork off Broward Missed my stand-up, told my manager the Wi-Fi dropped Friday the co-pay climbed another sixteen dollars Saturday I Googled caregiver tax deductions at 2 AM Sunday I made you oxtail the way you taught me You said baby, you don't gotta do all this But I do, though

Pre-chorus

And I keep telling myself this is what family does This is what the good ones look like when the bill comes up

Chorus

You're not heavy, Mama, not to me I would carry this twice I would walk it on my knees Everything's good on my side, I'm good I eat right, I sleep fine, I'm good I'm good

Verse 3

The billing coordinator's name tag said Joy She explained the payment plan like she'd rehearsed it nine hundred times Four thirty-seven a month for fourteen months on top of everything I signed it in the lobby next to somebody else's flowers I didn't tell you about that part Some things sit better in the quiet

Verse 4

Level three, row C, I sat there twenty minutes Not crying about you, not exactly Crying because I smiled at the nurse today and meant it And I don't know how much longer I can keep meaning it Called my job from the dashboard, they said take your time Like time is something I got left to give Wiped my face at the stoplight on Commercial Drove home like nothing

Verse 5

Mama, your garden still grows when you forget to water it I think about that I ironed your church dress even though you haven't gone in weeks The pills are sorted, the insurance is current The fridge is stocked, I promise you that much And if you ever asked me would I do it all again I would I would

Chorus

You're not heavy, Mama, not to me I would carry this twice I would walk it on my knees Everything's good on my side, I'm good I eat right, I sleep fine, I'm good I'm good

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