Yesterday
Nostalgic Reflections: Missing Moments of Love and Loss
Lyrics
Speak up for them
Encouragement to advocate for others
Your friends, your relatives, your neighbors
Specify the groups to speak up for: friends, relatives, neighbors
It's a good idea to speak up for them
Reiteration of the importance of speaking up for others
And it's always good to thank God
Emphasizing the value of gratitude towards God
I miss you like yesterday
Expressing deep longing and nostalgia for someone, acknowledging the cliché nature of the feeling, and the advice to pray
I miss you like yesterday
-Yeah, I know it sound cliché
-And they tell me just to pray, but
-I miss you like yesterday
-I miss you like yesterday
-I miss you like yesterday
-Yeah, I know it sound cliché
-And they tell me just to pray, but
-I miss you like yesterday
-Early morning, whipping up breakfast
Recalling morning routines and interactions with family, imparting wisdom about youth and the passage of time
So unexpected, I'm barely yawning
-Iron my school clothes, food up on the stove
-Biscuits was hella fluffy, "Grandma, I need two of those"
-You whisper wait for my brother, Papa do what you say
-'Fore a crumb could hit my tongue, tell me to pray
-Scrape my plate, wash the dish
-Be prepared for the world and be thankful of the time that I get
-To be young on the run
-Don't be eager to be grown, have some fun
-You'll look back when you turn 21
-Like "My, time flies"
-Wishing you were you here by my side
-I miss you like yesterday
Reiterating the strong sense of missing someone and the common advice to pray
I miss you like yesterday
-Yeah, I know it sound cliché
-And they tell me just to pray, but
-I miss you like yesterday
-I miss you like yesterday
-I miss you like yesterday
-Yeah, I know it sound cliché
-And they tell me just to pray, but
-I miss you like yesterday
-Like an autumn breeze, knocking all the pecans out the trees
Comparing memories to an autumn breeze, reflecting on holiday traditions, expressing gratitude, and acknowledging the impact of past advice
Baking your fruitcakes for Christmas Eve
-The smell of sweet potato pie make it hard to leave
-Sit and reminisce, out the grab bag, everybody got a gift
-Just be thankful for the the thought, don't be giving lip
-We laugh and cry
-You knew you couldn't save the world, but you had to try
-I been doing the same
-Just so you know, your lectures ain't going in vain
-Accepted that you're gone but I deal with the pain
-Weather the rain, just know I won't be the same
-I miss you like yesterday
Continuation of the theme of longing for the presence of someone, recognizing the cliché nature of the sentiment, and the persistent advice to pray
I miss you like yesterday
-Yeah, I know it sound cliché
-And they tell me just to pray, but
-I miss you like yesterday
-I miss you like yesterday
-I miss you like yesterday
-Yeah, I know it sound cliché
-And they tell me just to pray, but
-I miss you like yesterday
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