Can't Take That Away - Brother Ali

I loved you before I knew that you existed

It really isn’t anybody’s business

Not asking for permission or a witness

It honestly doesn’t make any difference

Living in this insane mess

There’s only one person that can make me make sense

I’ve got troubles and my own fears

But as long as you’re alive, I’m not alone here

My mirror, when I’m right near you

Your guiding light shines to see my life clearer

You’re so woven inside my spirit

Even when you’re not around I feel you

Lord knows they don’t come no realer

My soul road dog my healer

The only reason I believe in me

I’m trying to be what you seem to me

When the highs get low and joys turn woes

I’ll be close forever and a day

They can’t take that away

When you make your mistakes, my heat is a place

Where you’re safe I never would betray

They can’t take that away

And what you made mine is true

Lifetime full of treasures, I’ll never repay

They can’t take that away

I love you and there’s nothing you can do about it

I love you right through all your human problems

I might’ve got excited at you and shouted

But you never let me down when it truly counted

Nothing could ever break the bond

Whatever page you’re on

Celebrate or mourn, babies born or parents gone

No matter how crazy the storm, you won’t face it alone

The best part of me is drawn to you

Me and anything I own belong to you

I treasure everything important to you

Any secret I ever had I show them to you

I owe you nothing but the whole truth

I wouldn’t want to meet the me that doesn’t know you

The only reason I believe in me

I’m trying to be what you seem to see

When the highs get low and joys turn woes

I’ll be close forever and a day

They can’t take that away

When you make your mistakes, my heat is a place

Where you’re safe I never would betray

They can’t take that away

And what you made mine is true

Lifetime full of treasures, I’ll never repay

They can’t take that away

These are wounds, not scars

It will only be a scar when it stops bleeding, stops hurting

You can forget about scars

But you cannot forget about wounds

Everyone meets the injured with sympathy or disgust

Do you need a tissue?

No, I need stiches