Outta Sight by KEV

Yeah…

Used to stare at the phone like it owed me somethin
Like maybe one missed call would show me somethin
But birthdays came and the silence stayed
Guess love’s conditional in some families made

I ain’t bitter, just done tryna fit where I don’t
They see me doin’ well and act like they always wrote
But where was y’all when I was low, feelin’ broke
Now you love me in public, but in private, ghost

All these photos framed up like we tight or somethin
But don’t know who I am, can’t recite me nothin
I learned early that blood ain’t always bond
Sometimes it’s just the proof that they cut you and gone

But I got, folks who ride when the wheels come off
Who don’t ask for the version of me that’s soft
They held me down when I barely could breathe
That’s real ain’t about what you got, it’s what you leave

I built a circle outta broken hearts
Now we laugh through the pain like it’s modern art
Ain’t no judgment, just room at the table
If I eat, we all eat, that’s my only label

Don’t ask me why I don’t visit like before
You ain’t checked in since I walked out the door
Outta sight, outta mind that’s the family code
But I’m done playin’ games just to lighten your load

I show love where it’s safe to fall
Where my flaws don’t cost me it all
You can keep the guilt and the holiday calls
I got brothers and sisters who answer through it all

So I ain’t tryna be bitter, just better
A letter to the past I ain’t tryna re-enter
I got my own now, built with the cracks
Every scar stitched up in these love-filled tracks

If I ain’t who you wanted, that’s fine
I became who I needed in time
And the ones who stayed ain’t ever left me behind
So don’t call it a loss it’s just a realigned spine

I ain’t pressed for the love that’s forced
I found mine off course
And even if the bloodline faded,
The family I made? Never jaded.

Yeah…
They ain’t gotta ask how I’m doin’, they just know
Feel the shift in my voice before I say it, bro
Ain’t about the name, it’s the way they ride
Through the storms, through the wins, always by my side

I ain’t ask for perfect, I asked for real
People who don’t flinch when I show what I feel
They don’t need titles to prove what they are
They was present when I healed, when I broke, when I scarred

We built this from trust, not obligation
No holiday love, just everyday foundation
No passive posts, no check-in stunts
Just loyalty shown in a thousand fronts

They ain’t family cause I told em to be
They family cause they chose to see all of me
The raw, the flawed, the halfway fine
And they still said, “You good, I got time.”

I remember nights I ain’t wanna go on
They ain’t talk me through it, they just stayed strong
Pulled up, no talk, just energy right
Sometimes the loudest love don’t need a mic

They fed me, clothed me, prayed when I couldn’t
Believed in the vision when I swore I wouldn’t
And every step I took, they took with me
No fame, no tags, just real ones with me

I built a home where the blood didn’t reach
Where the language was love, and the silence could teach
Where flaws ain’t currency, and tears ain’t debt
They ain’t ever bounced when my life got wet

So this one’s for the ones who ain’t walk away
When I ain’t have peace, but they still chose to stay
You my circle, my lifeline, my frontline crew
I ain’t gotta explain, I just say thank you

And when I win, we win, that’s the creed
Every meal, every check, every planted seed
We grow, we fall, we grind, we pray
But ain’t one of us fold, we just found our way

So yeah, I came from gaps, but I filled ’em in
With people who saw past the surface skin
And if you ask who really made me whole…
It’s the family I made, not the ones on the roll.

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