Erik Mason - The Tide

He says, Mom I wanna play on the football team
It's something I dream, do you think that I can?
The lines on our doorway say I'm 4 foot 10
And I can run faster than all of my friends
She says, Son, I've no doubt that you'd be the best
And better than the rest but you know times are tough
Your father and I work all day to put food on the table
The time we have left ain't enough

Days go by
Everyone lives and dies
But some folks are born without odds on their side
And they're swimming against the tide

So instead he plays ball with the kids on his street
It clears his mind free of his struggles in school
With all of the pressure he just can't perform
It's pressure he's never been faced with before
And when he's in high school his story's the same
The rules of the game don't come easily to him
He's never had schedules or structure that gave him direction
Like boys on the football team did

Days go by
Everyone lives and dies
But some folks are born without odds on their side
And they're swimming against the tide

The day he turns 20, he rides to his job
He didn't think college was where he belonged
And most of his friends here decided to stay with their families
And help them to just get along

Days go by
Everyone lives and dies
But some folks are born without odds on their side
And they're swimming against the tide

Written by:
Erik Bovino

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