It was a cold night

Nothing out of the ordinary

We just celebrated my son’s 8th birthday

What a glorious day it was

I had been shopping for us

Cart full to the rim

I couldn’t stop shopping for him

Chad this, Chad that

I almost cleared out one whole rack

It’s only cause I love my baby like that

Off to the house I go

I have to rap these gifts you know

Dinners cooking on the stove

All is in place

Chad’s going to flip over his cake

For those that our mother’s

You know the joy in which it brings

To tell you the truth

Age doesn’t mean a thing

You will always be caught up

The time is at hand

All of his friends

Plenty of family rush in

Laughter fills the room

The sweet smell of home cookin is consumed

Kids rippin and runnin

Dominoes games in the back ground

Most of the grown ups are sitting around

To full to get down

I called Chad to open his gifts

You should have seen how he dropped his lip

Grinning from ear to ear

He rushed over to me

Whispered in my ear

“I love you mama”

I said, I love you to baby

Later on that night

Lights off no folk’s insight

I hear a noise in my house

I rush to check it out

My worse nightmare came true

I can’t even describe to you

My baby is gone

Snatched from our home

Well no leads

But plenty of dead ends

Years have passed

I’m praying within

Lord bring him home safe

He’s only 8

I get a lead in the case

It turned up right in my face

My son has been killed

His skull right at my heel

I pleaded with the Lord

It seems to no avail

As the police dug deeper

They found the killer

Keep your friends close and enemies closer

New he’s on death row

I don’t believe in that kind of punishment

That’s not going to bring my son back

Pray for me that the Lord sets my mind free

I’m no longer angry

You might not understand me

But the Lord has changed me

I had my son for 8 years

I’m grateful for that

Dedicated to Karen Choice, son killed in Tyler TX