[Style: conscious hip hop, cinematic rap, emotional male/female duet feel, intimate storytelling, warm piano, dusty boom-bap drums, deep sub bass, atmospheric pads, restrained strings, spoken-word verses, melodic soulful chorus, dynamic build, vulnerable but hopeful, powerful final chorus, 82 BPM] [Intro — spoken, intimate, distant piano] Bradyn... I know there are things you don't understand yet. Maybe someday I'll tell you all of it. But not tonight. Tonight, you get to be six. Tonight, you get to be my little boy. [Verse 1] Put the phone down, come sit beside me, You don't have to figure out the world tonight. I know sometimes your little heart gets heavy, Like you're carrying something way too big inside. You ask me questions I don't know how to answer, So I'll remind you that you're loved on every side. You were only two, just trying to understand, Reaching for whoever was there to hold your hand. You didn't betray me. You didn't do anything wrong. You were just a little boy trying to figure out where you belonged. [Pre-Chorus] When the memories come, you don't have to run. When you miss somebody, you don't have to hide. You can love who you love. You can hurt when you hurt. And I'll be right here on the other side. [Chorus — melodic, emotional] You get to be a boy, you get to laugh, you get to fall, you get to run. You get to build your little worlds until you find your own. You don't have to carry what the grown-ups couldn't fix. You don't have to understand why it happened like this. Let tomorrow come. Let yesterday go. I'll teach you how to bend without breaking when the cold winds blow. You were born for more than what you lost. My son— you get to be a boy. [Verse 2 — stronger rap] Someday you'll understand the things I couldn't tell you, why some nights were hard and some memories still hurt. But I hope you remember Roblox, summer rain, your mother's arms around you, not just the years of pain. I will never make you guilty for loving someone else. Love isn't something you divide until there's nothing left. If you miss your father, you can say his name. You can love him. You can hope. You don't have to protect my heart from your own. [Pre-Chorus] You are not what happened. You are not what you lost. You are the little boy who still reaches for the light. [Chorus] You get to be a boy, you get to laugh, you get to fall, you get to run. You don't have to carry what the grown-ups couldn't fix. You don't have to make your heart pay for what you didn't choose. Let tomorrow come. Let yesterday go. There's a whole wide world waiting for you to grow. You were born for more than what you lost. My son— you get to be a boy. [Bridge — beat drops, whispered] Someday you'll ask me, “Mom, was I really okay?” I'll tell you: You were always okay. You were never broken. You were never bad. You were never responsible for what you couldn't understand. You survived what you couldn't name. Now you get to become who you were always meant to be. [Final Verse — rising] Take the fear and make it courage. Take the scars and make them wisdom. Don't let somebody else's chaos be the author of your life. You don't have to be your father. You don't have to be your mother. You don't have to carry the mistakes made by another. You can grow up soft and still become strong. You can forgive without saying it wasn't wrong. The story isn't finished. Not even close. You're six years old. You've got a whole life to go. [Final Chorus — huge, layered] You get to be a boy, you get to laugh, you get to fall, you get to run. You get to dream bigger than the place where you began. You don't have to carry what the grown-ups couldn't fix. You don't have to choose. You don't have to apologize. Let tomorrow come. Let yesterday go. There's a whole wide world waiting for you to grow. You were born for more than what you lost. You are loved beyond what you can know. My son— you get to be a boy. [Outro — spoken, piano fading] Bradyn... You don't have to save anybody. You don't have to choose. You don't have to apologize. You just have to grow. And I'll be here watching you become the man you were meant to be.
