Story Behind The Song

Inspired by the truthful story of one young man.

Song Description

Coming of age in household plagued by abuse and absenteeism. Only a strong mother could save him.

Lyrics

Show Love
Lyrics by Sub-Zero Degrees
Produced by DJ Chaz

{Chorus}
Don?t wait for your peoples to die to show love/ we must show love, just show love
Don?t wait, Don?t hate/ Show love. Please show love
{Repeat}

{First Verse - 16 Bars}
I?m a bastard for real ?cause my father was married/ Mommy didn?t abort me - he wished she miscarried
But never that she got to do what she got to do/ Graduate, get a job before my debut

Didn?t ask nobody for nothing/ Dealt with the consequences of unprotected humpin?
But things got bad when she married my brother?s dad/ He had a grip on her that was iron clad

Ex-Vietnam vet fightin? white man wars/ Desensitized to the blood and the gore
Imagine being four sittin? on the staircase/ When stepdad put a gun to my mommy?s face

With my baby brother in her arms/ I ain?t wait for you to die to tattoo your face on my arms
Grandparents had enough, they had to intervene/ Took us back to the Rock - we made the get away clean

{Chorus}
Don?t wait for your peoples to die to show love/ we must show love, just show love
Don?t wait, Don?t hate/ Show love. Please show love
{Repeat}

{Second Verse - 16 Bars}
Me and my brother Jay would fight like cats and dogs/ Lumberjacks and logs, Muslims and hogs
It would hurt her so deep she could hardly ever sleep/ But she figure hell - what you sow is what you reap

My mothers she?s a lady not a hoe in the least/ We ain?t get new stepdads every other week
But she need a companion like everybody else/ Didn?t know it could be hazardous to her health
She married a women beater, but how could she know/ He got a thrill when he landed fierce blow after blow
But what I couldn?t understand is why he would put hands/ on my mom she ain?t no man, damn I gotta take stand

But who am I kidding he would beat us down too/ Belts, extension cords, uppercuts and one-twos
Me and brother would be reduced to tears/ Too shook and too scared to face our worst fears

{Chorus}
Don?t wait for your peoples to die to show love/ we must show love, just show love
Don?t wait, Don?t hate/ Show love. Please show love
{Repeat}

{Third Verse - 16 Bars - Sub Zero}
Mommy now that I?m grown, nah I ain?t bitter/ I respect the fact that you?re a fighter not a quitter
You took two boys and raised them up to men/ No ghetto mentality, your soul transcends

But daddy where were ya? - You left me stranded/ I got to be candid. You should?ve got back handed
Neglected me for years. I guess I don?t exist Mister/ I hope I never slept with my sister.

My uncle Marky he lost his first son/ and he would do anything for death to be undone
It hurts ?cause he know he won?t see his son again/ Damn he got to die just to see his son again

But you used to live only three streets over/ Only came and saw me once, I can?t think of nothing colder
But I?m Sub Zero, I?m gonna be alright/ Yo I was born yesterday but I was up all night

{Chorus}
Don?t wait for your peoples to die to show love/ we must show love, just show love
Don?t wait, Don?t hate/ Show love. Please show love
{Repeat}