BECAUSE YOU SAY NEVER

CAN YOU SEE ME 
FROM WHERE YOU ARE, 
I HAVE GROWN FROM THE EXPERIENCES
WE ONCE SHARED 
AND HAVE GRADUATED TOP OF MY CLASS 
AND YOU SAID, I WILL NEVER AMOUNT TO ANYTHING.

CAN YOU HEAR ME 
FROM WHERE YOU ARE,
MY TINY VOICE NOW ROARS 
ACROSS THE AIRWAVES 
LIKE A LION SATISFIED WITH HIS HUNT
AND YOU SAID, I WILL NEVER BE HEARD
BECAUSE OF MY SPEECH IMPEDIMENT.

CAN YOU FORGIVE ME 
FROM WHERE YOU ARE,
FOR IT WAS YOU THAT ENERGIZED MY LIFE 
WITH YOUR NEGATIVE ENERGY 
WHEN YOU SAID, I WILL NEVER OVERCOME 
MY DRUG ADDICTION,
AND I FORGOT TO THANK YOU.

WILFORD BARKER.