It Takes More Lyrics - Even Closer - Goapele

He was fourteen years old 

All his life he never left 

The west side (oh) 

I walked past him everyday 

Heading downtown 

Always on the go 

He was the kind of guy you never gave your real name to 

So young but still trying to game you 

But what he was going through 

I never knew 

It's such a same 

How people change 

And I never really knew his name 

But it takes more than two to raise a youth 

And for that we all did lose 

Because if one of us had noticed you 

How I wish I was there for you 

I was busy filling my own shoes 

All his life 

He heard "You won't amount to nothing" 

Low expectations 

In need of money 

Few too many choices 

And no patience 

So what do you know 

For a good cash flow 

You can always sell 

It's easy to fit the role 

But when your living the fast life 

He considered all times a go 

It's such a same 

How people change 

And I never really knew his name 

But it takes more than two to raise a youth 

And for that we all did lose 

Because if one of us had noticed you 

How I wish I was there for you 

I was busy filling my own shoes 

Is that how he came around 

For his child he'll know now 

'Cause he left him with bruises 

His words just abusive 

The love he didn't show 

And what his boy was going through 

He had never imagined 

But when love turns to hate 

It's the worse out of passion 

His son was bold 

And by then it was too late 

From his friend they get console 

Then his hands, his shoes 

The life or death they couldn't hold 

Oh, two seconds cold 

He was fourteen years old 

Locked up until he's old 

It's such a same 

How moments change 

And I never really knew his name 

But it takes more than two to raise a youth 

And for that we all did lose 

Because if one of us had noticed you 

How I wish I was there for you 

I was busy filling my own shoes