Ghost in a Cell

Lyrics

My gallery is haunted by these ghosts in my cell They live on in memories but it's no citadel I'm scared they'll disappear every time my screen blackens I hope they're in the cloud and they repented for their actions But I know you're still here, I feel you with me My cup runneth over with spirits until it's empty The body is a host and a host is a shell But now you're suited for glory. Adios and farewell Wish you were here to hear what I'm writing now Last time, it was your brother that I was writing bout You was in the stu with me, sat in the chair I'm sitting in Leaning toward the monitor, eyes closed while you listened in To how I missed your brother, my father. Your eyes were glistening Never seen either one of you cry. Now I was witnessing Glitches in the matrix, breaking thru your conditioning Thickened skin from life on the streets and years of imprisonment Isn't crazy how once you come home you're never fully present It's like a part of you's trapped in that cell and never left it Upon your exit got locked in another cell it seems Eternal life in these photos that's on my celly screen You might've escaped the pain and your worldly limits But it's ironic we use a cell to capture an image So we latch to our village, every phone that we can pillage With tangible memories, we can circle back and revisit My gallery is haunted by these ghosts in my cell They live on in memories but it's no citadel I'm scared they'll disappear every time my screen blackens I hope they're in the cloud and they repented for their actions But I know you're still here, I feel you with me My cup runneth over with spirits until it's empty The body is a host and a host is a shell But now you're suited for glory. Adios and farewell To my Uncle George, we wish you were here Aunt Acelilia we wish you were here Trugoy, Nujabes, J Dilla we wish you were here To my father, I wish you were here PH, Deckstream, Vice Verses… wish you were here Young Gabriel wish you were here Laline, Franky, my brother Junior wish you were here Too many names but I wish you were here Can't let you go if I wanted to, I refuse to release you Can't text or call if I need you but at least I can still see you So many numbers and faces, can't bring myself to erase them Voids that can't be filled and no perfect fit to replace them … Time done turned your iPhone to a mobile mausoleum Or an android filled with memories of human beings Like Motoko Kusanagi, show is over and I'm sorry Life was the main event, hope we link at the after party Scroll thru pics and videos of fam and friends, I'll never see again Music I've been consuming from legends since the age of 10 Songs I did with the homies that difficult to play again All of them at their peak before their health began wavering Why does the caged bird sing? So we remember them? Scared to death to free'em 'cause how else would we revisit them Loads of content about you, still hard to be content Wish you were physically here, so this is my lament My gallery is haunted by these ghosts in my cell They live on in memories but it's no citadel I'm scared they'll disappear every time my screen blackens I hope they're in the cloud and they repented for their actions But I know you're still here, I feel you with me My cup runneth over with spirits until it's empty The body is a host and a host is a shell But now you're suited for glory. Adios and farewell