Crown of Grey ft. Attakay Jnr, Julia Asante-Mensah & Laud Evans Lyrics

The lessons I learned from my Papa were

A story of a vulnerable man; a father

Responsibility

Possibility

Were all I saw in his stride

In my younger years

Life's not always what appears

It never really is

Beneath the glow

Was a man with woes

And a head that wore a crown of grey

Made of thistles

It pricked out, blood of toil

The pain he wouldn't say

When he worked night and day

It was all for his children

For Mother

For me

Heavy is the head

That wears the crown

But it is a Father's love

That holds it steady

Oh

Heavy, heavy is the head

That wears the crown

But it is a Father's love

That holds it steady

Papa would always say

Six souls in a single room

Clustered like a Rubik's cube

We had to shift and shift to fit

Now I get why

You slept outside

Those many nights

Our Comfortability

Was your Priority

Better us than you

You taught us to count the times

And be sure to make those times count

But beneath the glow

Was a man with woes

Who wore a crown

Of strands of

Made of thistles

It pricked out blood of toil

Oh, the pain he wouldn't say

When he worked night and day

It was all for his children

For Mother

For me (Me, me)