Dry Your Eyes

Kingston told Blues and Soul magazine about this song, regarding the hardship of watching his mother and sister being sent to prison when he was just 15 years old: "I always had my brother. But, when my mother and sister went away, it took a lot out of me: My sister went away for four months, while my mom has been away for over two years now (allegedly for either tax evasion or identity fraud). But, while I missed her like crazy, I actually used that as my motivation for writing that song. I'm basically telling her 'We've been through a lotta stuff and the struggle's been crazy. But don't cry - everything's gonna be cool.' While in the verses I'm also explaining to other people how the whole situation put me under pressure. You know, while most people around 14/15 have their mom around them, go to school and live a normal life, I was homeless doing lawnmower services - cutting grass and doing whatever I had to do to get money."