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Mar 31 · 738
Broken Promises
Ricardo Mar 31
Intro:
(soft instrumental)

Verse 1:
It only got harder, I swear to you
Everything I was doing wasn't to hurt you
Sitting on the couch, pulling out my hairs
Wondering when things will change, feeling like it's all in vain
Day after day, asking myself
How much more do I need to change?
I did everything I could, all that I knew how to do
But the arguments never ended well, our hearts pulling us closer
Yet our minds drifting apart, beyond our reach
It was never supposed to be this way
I tried to hold on, but couldn't stay

Chorus:
Those promises
You had me living out promises
Those promises
Were they ever real to you?
It only got harder, I swear to you
Those promises you made
Had me waiting, standing still
Those promises were never real anyway

Verse 2:
Got us the house we both wanted, dreams shattered in the end
The love we once had, couldn't withstand the pain
Why didn't you just walk away?
Instead, chose to stay, repeating the same mistakes
I just don't understand, what more can I do?
To make you see, I don't want you here, I can't go through it all again
It's hard enough for me now, I can't stay

Chorus:
Those promises
You had me living out promises
Those promises
Were they ever real to you?
It only got harder, I swear to you
Those promises you made
Had me waiting, standing still
Those promises were never real anyway

Bridge:
(Instrumental break)

Chorus:
Those promises
You had me living out promises
Those promises
Were they ever real to you?
It only got harder, I swear to you
Those promises you made
Had me waiting, standing still
Those promises were never real anyway

Outro:
(softly fades out)
Past experience with love moved me to write this piece
Jul 2023 · 2.2k
Saint
Ricardo Jul 2023
Magical ain't it
I'm running with a crown
Wasn't born into it this way
Nope, didn't steal it
But I ain't no Saint either
Just worked it up from the bottom
Looking up to a ceiling
Then putting my head down, I told y'all
I told y'all I wasn't gonna be the same
No not after all that I've been through
Not after I dropped all the pride for y'all
Not after I walked off with my head up strong
Oops now I am seeing a flock
Throwing bread crubs look at em follow
Yah I'm a beast with it
Guess growing up wasn't so easy
Maybe that's the story you can't hear it
Many dark moments have me remenising
Painkillers just isn't cutting it now is it
Had to break off this vision
Had to look beyond anything I could invision
Nothing new dark roads will tell you
This one has some light
Must be the flashlight I'm holding

Magical ain't it
I'm running with a crown
Wasn't born into it this way
Nope, didn't steal it
But I ain't no Saint either
Just worked it up from the bottom
Looking up to a ceiling
Even when they left me
Even when they doubt me
Even when they smiled at me
It didn't mean anything
Saw it for what it was to me
Headed up a mountain no strings
Never looked down I forgot it
Quiet up here ain't it
Hearing echoes all around me
Maybe all those heavy feelings
Finally lifted me

Magical ain't it
I'm running with a crown
Wasn't born into it this way
Nope, didn't steal it
But I ain't no Saint either
Just worked it up from the bottom
Looking up to a ceiling
Skies in reach clouds are now beside me
Every lasting freedom that I seeked
Sweated off calories for years
Didn't even notice it was for me
Go and buy it I don't need to see
Like it, I take it now it's free
Everything in my hands or just in reach
Chose to walk away you see
Lost it all for me
What's the point with no depth
Felt like I was reaching blindly
Creative soul burning deep with hopes
Uneducated goals reached them all
Presidented stance welcoming everyone
Come in come in with a soft tone

Magical ain't it
I'm running with a crown
Wasn't born into it this way
Nope didn't steal it
But I ain't no Saint either
Just worked it up from the bottom
Looking up to a ceiling
Jun 2023 · 674
Fresh Air
Ricardo Jun 2023
Yesterday I woke up,
Felt the fresh air,
Had me going crazy,
Haven't had a breath fresh air.
Looking back thinking,
Putting my hands in the air,
Giving my self a good stretch,
What it is to be alive again!
I am always here,
As long as I'm Alive,
You are not alone,
You'll always have a home,
Since I am here,
Keep it in the past,
And don't you ever look back,
Then again even if you do,
I'll always have your back.

You've been surpassing everything,
Learning it from falling deep,
You didn't want anything.
Just looking at a fiend,
Waking up reaching the alarm,
Do I even have to ask?
Yes you had another sleepless night.
Walking up hating life,
Another day carrying regrets from ur past
Another day another bag,
Another hour and I know your calling,
Demons had you under,
Looking at you now,
I see you reaching up,
High as the ******* stars.

Yesterday I woke up,
Felt the fresh air,
Had me going crazy,
Haven't had a breath fresh air,
Looking back thinking,
Putting my hands in the air,
Giving my self a good stretch,
What it is to be alive again!
I am always here,
As long as I'm Alive,
You are not alone,
You'll always have a home,
Since I am here,
Keep it in the past,
And don't you ever look back,
Then again even if you do,
I'll always have your back.
Jun 2023 · 608
Falling
Ricardo Jun 2023
I just want to stay down,
Everytime I'm falling,
I don't want to come back up,
Why is it that everytime I fall,
I fall so dam hard...
So dam hard hitting the ground,
Oh It justtt makes me never wanna come back up,
Never want to get back up.

Yet everytime,
I have you here at my side,
Like a fallen angel from the sky,
You've touch me see inside,
Engraved deep in my life,
Oh oh oh oooohh
I am not staying down anymore.
Keep reaching out, don't stop
Because I have no one else now,
Ohhh oh oh oh...
You never turned around,
You never walked out,
Always picking me up off the ground.
Then more and more each time,
Just having you by my side,
I will never again,
Never again fall that far downnn.

Ohhh I was walking in the dark,
How I couldn't see anyone,
Your eyes are what lead me out.
And nowwww,
I will never never again fall back down.
Never fall downnn.
I'm determined to die now
Nothing will make me fall
Fall as hard as I have.
Jun 2023 · 297
No one else
Ricardo Jun 2023
ooohoh ohho oh
even if,
even if it ain't us,
even if,
even if it ain't us,
i will never turn my back,
even it ain't us,
i promise to make sure he is right.
in my mind,
this time i gotta say, in my mind,
nobody will treat you better than i.

what you need?
baby tell
oh just tell me what you need,
you know if you just speak out,
i'm gonna be here listening,
we ain't need no microphone,
your secrets are safe,
locked em deep in my heart.
after all it's really simple baby.
really really simple.
you hold me down and i'll do the same.
you got my back i got yours too baby.
best believe i am gonna marry you.
yes i will cherish this for decades
baby just keep loving me the way you do,
everything is gonna be okay.
yahhh everything is gonna be okay.
yahhh i'm telling you everything is gonna be okay

so baby what do you say,
tell me what do you say,
because either way,
baby either way,
if...
even if it ain't us,
even if,
even if it ain't us,
i will never turn my back,
even it ain't us,
i promise to make sure he is right.
in my mind,
this time i gotta say, in my mind,
nobody will treat you better than i.
Jul 2018 · 288
Never to look back
Ricardo Jul 2018
Maybe i got to much spice for yah
Or you just ain't a fan of spicy food
Not sure why your starving me
There are plenty of spices too choose
You got me on that mood
I dont wanna be fighting you
Never wanted to, but you digging in
Was too low from you
Somebody else has dirter hands in all this
Who finally stepped up to take care of you
Its just perfect all at my expense
Wouldn't want it any other way
Maybe it was my mistake.
What are you going to do?
If your counting now
Start count with the people close to you
Figure out which one helped you.
But whats the past
I'm just following the future
That's something you knew from day one
Didn't you?

Where are you?
Jul 2018 · 449
Impenetrable
Ricardo Jul 2018
Yah and I bought it cuz I can
I bought it cuz I want it
Got like how many tags?
I told you over and over
I am not playing a game
Waking up day to day
I'll show everyone I'm not the same
Gaining everything my way
How many times till you understand
I am the man,
I'll say it again and again
I am the man
I am the man
Good luck finding another
Now you see me blowing up
Trying to stop me is your plan
Only to see for yourself
I'm not to be messed with
No, I don't want to be your friend
Keep whatever love is left
Yes just point me to my fans
Hahaha there I go again
Laughing to the bank
Cashing in another cheque
You still waiting on another one
Didn't I tell you before
I don't wanna hear it anymore.
Hoped in my new ride
Baby did you forgot?
I told you in time
I will get what is mine
Better off moving out my way
Or I'll just make one
Nothing will stop me
Today to tomorrow
Got the reach at my hands
I'll get it all
Now just move along, move along
I'm starting to yawn
Is it from being bored
Or maybe from the grind
Either way I'm good
And I know your behind.
Jul 2018 · 173
Your out
Ricardo Jul 2018
Funny how I see you losing control
Yet I'm still loving you more
Nows the time its been to long
Forcing you out of my heart
Your even colder then before
Only to know what your going to do next
Over Lilyanna our blessing
Sick ******* women you ended up being
Jesus come get this demon
Fearless with my sequence
Disturbing your inners
Flexing making a living
Your getting all caught up in it
Haha I'm cheesing
Left the spot for a min
Need to escape your feelings
How come your still bleeding
To much negative energy
Step out my circle I'm leaving
How long has it been
Still seeing me focused
Liquid water hypnosis
Swimming under an ocean
Sitting on a coast
Your so far you don't even know
But I was raised to not over look
So you may still get a chance
Don't expect it again though
Jul 2018 · 168
Last Time
Ricardo Jul 2018
I was really doing it, focusing in on the ring
Now again I can't even think, how come you don't wanna link
Again and again, pride is over coming what your feeling
Then again I shouldn't be surprised
How long has this been going, when will you stop draining it
So dam sick, gonna puke all over this place
Plans you and I made, I'm still on the same page
For some reason you just wanna let it all go
Not even looking on what's changed, give me the facts then
Every time the honest truth comes out, you decide to run away
**** it okay. **** it okay
Surely you've showed me you haven't changed
Okay okay. Time will tell but you know I won't forget
Think it over, was it really worth taking it all this way?
Money we both spending yet not for what we were discussing
Aren't you a shamed?
I know I am and I don't have to hide it from them
You already knew what the vision was, we all make mistakes
You have been forgiven, yet you still fronting
Don't you remember, of course you don't your just complaining
Now that I made it, rose about it everyday
Don't you go and tell me I ain't changed
Was I supposed to just
Was I supposed to just let you consume me
Nah that's why you hating, nothing left for your finger hate
Put it all on your plate, mines clean now I'm too full
My heart is finally stitched hole, you were so close
But I will never lose myself, gotta let you know
Your efforts could have been used to build a new road
Even in the drivers seat you can't compromise
Anything else you want to make more difficult
Maybe you should have let me utilize
After I left you to decide
**** it okay
**** it okay
Now you and I both know, so much work to keep this going
6 months on wait, only to watch you try to take what is mine
Figure your own self out cuz I ain't got the time
Its her and I now,
Yes you heard it, it's her and I now
No matter what you do she knows what I'm all about
You keep trying but your hitting walls, why bother anymore
What happened to all your love, your getting colder
But it ain't gonna rub on me, less in my life pulling me down
Just throw on my winter coat, zip it up to the neck
Keeping you out, cashing in my cheques
When this is all over, you will be in your rags
Your on the verge of making yourself a chapter in my book
Flipping pages back to the unknown, I'm burning this flow
Its coming from inside, I know your feeling my words
You tell me should I let it burn
You tell me should I let it burn
Your in control but you can't even come around
All that talk from before, ended up being a joke
All your lies now they are getting close
What will you do then, everyone will see the truth
Oh oh I'm driving home.
Enjoy dealing with what you've planned
Took me a min but now I understand.
Oh oh I'm driving home.
You could have taken my hand.
Feb 2018 · 401
No Barriers
Ricardo Feb 2018
I'm just as simple as I can see myself being,
People complicating my intuition,
Disregarding my suggestions,
Like I ain't nothing to consider,
But I know they looking back now,
Making sure I don't move up to the front row,
I ain't even worried though,
Got a focused plan I been working on,
Oh don't tell me, don't tell me,
Don't tell me! You didn't know,
I'm the one changing on the low,
Of course there coming after me,
I'm the one aiming for a goal,
They cant even recognize there own,
Gotta come around and try taking,
What I've planted to grow,
I just keep on the move to make it home,
Keep going on, keep moving strong,
Ain't worried about nothing at all.

Each step I've taken to this day,
Its all been mutually plan my way,
Never let the route get distorted,
Got that 20 20 vision,
Good luck giving that a go,
Better off visiting your ophthalmologist,
Cause I'll just tell you adiĆ³s,
Heads up to the ones building there own,
Scratch the rest off the list,
Right out my soul,
Ain't never done anyone wrong,
Probably why your ahead and I'm too slow,
Probably while you get left,
And I still bring it home.

Always been me to keep everything real,
Always be straight with it and unique,
Watch me do it better any day of the week,
Love putting actions into what I'm all about.
Escape me now run for your life,
While I'm around I'll stomp you on the ground.
People talking about what they got,
Others talking about what they bought,
Just as a warning,
I don't care about any of that.
Ambition running thru my veins,
You wish you could be this good,
My heart is soft but my mind is not,
If your thinking you can walk over it,
Better turn around or I'll break you on the spot,
Now I'm sounding cold hearted,
But I told you my heart is much more.

Ain't got the time this I know,
Looking forward to catch the sun,
Staying away from all these ghosts,
That are trying to creep me off this track,
I don't even see them anymore.
All I see is me,
A family man I plan on being,
Along with the success of the business,
That I've been putting on each day of the week,
You won't ever stop me,
Momma raised me to not give up,
Drain me of my blood,
I'll find a way to keep moving on,
Drain me of my thoughts,
I'll give you a piece of my mind,
Drain me of my love,
I'll always love more.
Finally figured it all out,
Never needed y'all
Just needed to understand who I am,
That's most important than all.
Feb 2018 · 322
Conflicted Lust
Ricardo Feb 2018
I just let you decide,
Cuz I don't really have the time,
Since you up and left,
I've been stitching up my heart,
Been so long now,
My hearts been ripped apart.
Cut lip on a winter day,
Ain't no stopping from opening,
Bleeding inside out,
Still waiting on you,
Do i really need to shout?
Are you the person I once knew?
Find myself lost where it began.
Now and again and again..
Can't escape from you within,
Again and again ...
This is insane.
How could you do all that to me?
Was it your actions or words from others?
We paying telephone now,
Maybe I should put you on the direct line,
But you'll probably just hang up...
Beeeep.... beeeep ....
beeeep.... Beeeep ....
You think I'm down on my knees?
You think you don't need me?
I know what I bring to the table?
Again and again....
Can't replace it.
Love is the movement to my body
Even though my head knows all about it
My heart continues to re open
Longing for your touch and emotion
How long you going to keep walking
How long till you want it.
What happens then.
Do I just forget??
Again... And again
Jan 2018 · 515
My Love
Ricardo Jan 2018
From the very start,
You have been like a dart,
Hitting a bullseye in my heart,
Now and again I think
On how much I love you
Never in my right mind
Ever did I see the paint
As you drew a perfect picture
Not even a stain
As holy as God is
Nothing in this world is like she is.
My love you are
My love is yours
Purely your who I adore
Purely I don't want more
Everything is what you have given me
From nights of pleasure
To mornings of blessings
Days of anger
Turning into affection
Thru all the wrongs
Moving in the right ways
My love you are
My love is yours
Purely who I adore
Purely I don't want more
Days of sunshine on my skin
Warm feelings that you give
Creating our path
When I hold her hand
My legs hold me up
I feel her touch
My body falls apart
Never to break away
Comfortably attached
You've been here from the start
My love you are
My love is yours
Purely who I adore
Purely your heart.
Jan 2018 · 259
Passionate Distance
Ricardo Jan 2018
Oh oh oh oh oh...
How far you are..
Oh oh oh oh....
My heart my heart misses you,
Missing you oh oh so.
How you bring me that rush,
Feeling distant I can't even touch,
Times are 7 hours too apart,
Your going to sleep,
Now I'm waking up.
Haven't felt this distance with my heart,
At this moment I'm ready to catch a flight,
Make it back to hold you tight,
Nothing more, nothing less feels just right.
Every day passes by.
The amount of love I have,
My heart sinks,
I'm drowning with all this time in between.
My love, I am strong
Nothing makes me feel so weak,
Like my legs are falling apart,
Or aren't attached to my feet.
I'm losing track of these days,
Just wanting to get back from holidays.
Your my vacation,
But this country couldn't be much,
Unless your here next by my side.
My family is now yours and yours is mine,
People thinking we are just another fling,
As I ache for your touch,
I ain't to worried what they think,
But I will never let this love be understated.
Come and get a glimpse of what people aim for,
Were not even sure how our bond came forth,
This is the love you've all be hoping for,
Justified by god himself we keep falling *******.
This trust is like a bond,
Like the quarter back going for a touchdown,
Even a stranger can see this go long,
Watch us walk freely on our own.
An army of two powered with love,
Although this stands for much more,
Life goals and life cores,
We shall treasure each other till it's all over.
Years ahead of us two,
Biggest army nothing will break thru,
Times will get hard,
Our faces will get sad,
But when we continue to work as two,
Every mission, every situation,
Will march thru.
Forever a soul looking over the other,
Together nothing can destroy this,
Inside and out I promise you have all mine,
Unconditionally we are a matching bliss
No women in my life has ever given me such hope,
No women has continued to adore me,
No women can stand for what you stand for,
No women belongs to me,
I am all yours.
As no man will compare to what I will do for her,
No man will hold her hand like I do,
No man can earn anything that needs to be earned,
No man will sacrifice in any need,
No man loves you more, Like I do.
Underneath it all,
This is both of us,
Everything's,
Ours.
Jan 2018 · 331
Ask yourself
Ricardo Jan 2018
Tell me now are you ready to start?
It's time to evolve yourself,
Figure out everything to do right.
When everyone says stop, are you gonna go?
Only the ones that follow there own,
Only the ones that will stand out,
Only the ones not giving up,
Make it better from the start.
Will you go further than most?
Those that won't try hard enough,
Those get left behind,
Those that won't care enough,
Those will fall apart.
Tell me so you think your living life?
Do you do what you please to decide,
Does nobody deprive you of that,
Don't you, don't you fall back.
So now are you leaning on?
Can't rely on what's behind to catch.
Are you the fish in the sea?
Figure out how to cast the hook instead,
Far enough that people can't see,
Don't fear just reel it back in.
Now everyone is telling you your changing?
That's the time you advance as an individual,
When your seeking out what you believe,
Start sailing the 7 seas.
When your discovering your mind,
People will try polluting it in time.
Is this all ideas inside?
Than don't reroute the course for par,
Do all this for yourself,
Shoot for eagles like a star.
Have you achieved this belief?
Give yourself a pad on the back,
Than say thank you, thank you,
Simply for the power to succeed.
Jan 2018 · 275
A mother
Ricardo Jan 2018
Baby come over here,
Let me hold you tight,
You know your not alone,
You know your right.
Keep following your heart,
I know you feel weak,
But remind yourself your free.
Your daughter is in need,
A mother will do what needs to be,
Accept your mother instinct.
Don't beat yourself up,
Your actions have been good from the start,
Sometimes you gotta be nice,
Sometimes you gotta be tough,
But every time things need to be right.
Don't let yourself give up,
Your stronger than anyone I know,
Fight for your right.
I understand the strong need someone,
That's why I am here,
Your a great mom,
I'll keep reminding you my dear,
Reach deep beyond the fear,
Please don't beat yourself up,
What happened isn't your fault,
I promise you everything will be alright.

— The End —