VERSE 1: We grew up on the same block, handling the same rock / the Skip 2 My Lou of my little crew on the black top / my big homie from round the way, always down for me / older, so I looked up to him dawg, he was like family / the coolest of the cool and, almost through his school but / during the last week he got broken off with the heat / now he's gone and his kids are left alone / it's got me peeping Solomon for more than just his Song / (wish I could turn back the hands of time) for all the people who lost a loved one and felt like they was gone before they time / but instead I'll encourage us to put our trust in Jesus / and know that God is sovereign, it all happens for a reason / keep your eyes to the hills and believe that help is on the way / although the sky is black, He promises a brighter day / weeping may, endure for a night / I know its hard to wait patiently / so I pray He strengthens you in the wait /

HOOK: (He cares) when you feel all alone / (He cares) when your father's not at home / (He cares) when your joy turns to pain / (He cares) you can turn and call on Jesus name / (He cares) cast your burdens on the Lord / (He cares) when life seems too hard / (He cares) He won't allow you to be moved / (He cares) and I know He will sustain you /

VERSE 2: There's so much pain in the city streets, check the city peeps / we're in perilous times which means pain is sure to increase / so I do this ballad for the beautiful babies gone now / and for the families who too afraid to leave home now / like the family in Chicago who's daughter was 10 / and at a birthday party, she was taken from them / I write this song for my neighbors on this side of my state / who had lives but watched Katrina wash it away plus / I know the pain of a life without your father / you have the chance to meet him but you think why even bother / because you never miss nothing you never really had / but that thinking leaves you lonely still longing for your dad man / if we would only take the truth of the text / read Lamentations 3:32 for the rest / and see the truth that the Father loves us / even though He brings calamity, He gives us compassion like hugs does /

VERSE 3: Living in a world that when it rains it pours, I know it does man / and where bad things happen to good people in this world man / where the poor get poorer and the richer have the upper hand / where pain is related to actions, so no one moves and / it's hard for us to understand the ways of life / take my cousin last year for example when he lost his wife / to a drunk diver, now she was sweeter than Godiva / they said she died on impact and this dude was the survivor / I recognize that life brings pain that will cease for a time / and then it returns but we long for a consistent peace of mind / so I present Jesus to those who feel burdened / the same God who allows evil, steps in and gets spurned for it / Ambassador said, one day we'll cry no more / but in the meantime, go and cast your cares on the Lord / cause He cares for you, Psalms 55:22 / gives us the proof that this God will see you through /