Absence to Presence

(Chai... omo... sometimes the story is different, but God is good. Yeah.)

I watched the years go by, with questions for the sky

Wondering wetin e feel like to have a father close by

No stories wey we write, no roads wey we dey walk

So many words I long to hear, inside the silence wey we lost

But Baba God was writing chapters I no understand

He brought me mentors on the way, to help me be a man

Your absence taught me presence, omo, I learn how to care

Even though you no dey there, I learn the power to be there

Through all the fathers God dey bring to guide me on my way

I find the strength to keep on moving, to be who I be today

Time don wash the anger, grace don heal the pain

I choose forgiveness over grudge, I choose the sun over the rain

I hold your hand in twilight, I stay there till the end

No be say the past dey perfect, but love can still transcend

Now I stand up for my children, for every life I lead

Giving them the love I lacked, becoming what I need

Your absence taught me presence, omo, I learn how to care

Even though you no dey there, I learn the power to be there

Through all the fathers God dey bring to guide me on my way

I find the strength to keep on moving, to be who I be today

Rest on, Dad...

The years don go, but the lessons go dey...

Yeah... rest on, Papa.