[INTRO – spoken / soft melodic] Yeah… Funny how time disappears But real ones never do Twenty years feel like pages We just paused the book ⸻ [VERSE 1] Life took turns, different roads, different scenes Different cities, different battles in between Years went quiet, days kept moving fast But some souls never fade to the past We were kids with plans bigger than fear Laughing loud, thinking we’d always be near Then the world pulled strings, yeah it tested the ties But the truth stayed real even out of sight I seen seasons change, watched the circle get thin Lost some blood, gained family within And even when the silence filled the space I still felt y’all riding with me every step I take ⸻ [HOOK] Still here, even after all these years Different lives, same love, same tears La familia no siempre es sangre, you know Sometimes it’s the ones that your heart chose Still here, no distance could erase What was built in time, what was sealed in faith Aunque el tiempo pasó, el lazo no se fue Still here — and we gon’ link again someday ⸻ [VERSE 2] Sammy, Suheil — man, it’s love off rip Two souls, one light, yeah y’all always been it Darryl — Tata — yeah you already know Same laugh, same heart, still solid, still bro We didn’t need a call every week to stay tight Real bonds don’t break just ‘cause they outta sight Some people drift when the road gets long But the real ones stay even when time feels wrong I been building, healing, learning who I am Trying to be better than I was back then And somehow life brought y’all back in frame Like “yeah… some things never change” ⸻ [HOOK] Still here, even after all these years Different lives, same love, same tears La familia no siempre es sangre, you know Sometimes it’s the ones that your heart chose Still here, no distance could erase What was built in time, what was sealed in faith Aunque el tiempo pasó, el lazo no se fue Still here — and we gon’ link again someday ⸻ [BRIDGE – Spanish / Spanglish] Brindando por los tiempos que faltan vivir Por los abrazos que están por venir No fue despedida, fue solo un break El destino sabía cuándo volver La vida da vueltas, pero mira aquí Los mismos corazones, same energy Elegí mi familia, y los elegí bien Y si el tiempo se prueba — we pass again ⸻ [VERSE 3] We don’t gotta pretend like the past was light We all fought storms just to earn this life But growth look good on the ones who stayed real Same foundation, just stronger steel This ain’t about regret, it’s about grace About finding your people no matter the space So when we finally meet, face to face It won’t feel old — it’ll feel like home ⸻ [FINAL HOOK / OUTRO] Still here, yeah we never left Just different paths, same respect La familia que se escoge es la que más pesa Y esa conexión nunca se quiebra Still here, so when that day arrives We’ll laugh it off like we never lost time Hasta ese día, sepan bien Still here — siempre, my friends [Outro – spoken] Love don’t expire Real family don’t either
