MIA (Purple Hearts 2)

Lyrics

Verse 1: Remember Denise? (Yeah, Mike) I realized she deleted me on Facebook last week (So what? Y'all haven't been speaking for years) Yeah, I get it but that moment had my brain shifting gears I've kept something to myself and that made it resurface (What's that?) Give me a minute this news is making me nervous ...I thought that would give me liquid courage 8 years ago, I told you she was my first Even though I knew that it wasn't likely that we'd work And it didn't. (Yeah, I know that) Shh! I'm finding my words ...screw it, man, we almost gave birth (Wait, what?) almost...it's true We were both out of town when I heard the news (Did you abort?) Sorry for the misdirection She had a miscarriage after its conception Chorus: The battlefield of love may end up with some casualties Our purple hearts remind us of the pain our past has seen Though we'd like move on We must mourn the troops gone And missing in action Missing in action Verse 2: Back then, when I learned we conceived And later lost I was relieved, but that was just me And although I planned to be daddy I wonder her side of the scene "I finally found my family And a man who undoubtedly loves me But will he still stick around if there's a kid that's bound To be born needing some Huggies I know we'll be struggling Whether he stays or he doesn't Wait, why am I bloody? Pain in my stomach Is unbearable; its incomparable Passing what's in my womb What did I do to deserve to deal with this alone Cause he can't console me over this loss over the phone" (Am I wrong?) Chorus Verse 3: Now I know that if we had the child We probably wouldn't be living the greatest lifestyle But we would be parents of an elementary schooler Worrying about if we have its pencils, books, and rulers Hopefully, we'd agree to teach about God and manners So the kid wouldn't be like us, becoming awful planners Think first, act second; since ours were reckless Having sex without protection and before we had a wedding We could penniless from the choices that we've made Stretching each check we get just to eat from day to day We didn't finish college, but we hope our son's a scholar Or that we don't separate making our daughter's life harder Maybe we never stayed together Basically making not having kids better But it makes me want to cry that it never saw the light We didn't get to try to get through the storm we could weather Chorus Bridge: I want to say If you felt this pain You are not alone Whether you want kids Or the opposite We know we still mourn We have purple hearts Cause we've loved and lost And some are M.I.A Emotions will run wild Over a unborn child No need to feel ashamed They say Chorus