[Verse 1: Dustin Thomas]
It's getting hard
He said to his team and his heart is hard[?]
He drinks and he drinks but it goes too far
None of his friends know
Every single night he's down on his knees saying please don't let my mama die
Alone and scared and confused by the others
Trying to be a role model for his three younger brothers
He broke a mirror trying to deal with the pain
He was looking at cross tattooed with her name
Sickness had him sick and scared
She died four months later, despite of his prayers
The last words she cried that night
Looking so damn pretty under hospital lights
Said ‘Son, don't you even dare
To not become the man you would have been if I was there and
In times of trouble, don't be afraid to call
You know I'll be in heaven, watching you all'
[Pre-Chorus]
I will be strong, I will press on
No matter how hard it gets
I'll do my best, no matter how
No matter how hard it gets
[Chorus]
The d**, the books, the booze, the blame
The loneliest nights, nights spent awake
No matter what the name they feel the same pain
So much to take, drive the world insane
The d**, the books, the booze the blame
The loneliest night, nights spent awake
A lot of things I am, a lot of things I ain't
God Use The Sinner, Got Use The Saint
[Verse 2]
It's cold and dark
He fights back again and he flees the car
Shoots and he's in at the prison yard
But his friends, the can't understand
They say time and again, g**ning makes us angry men
Not fair when you're playing a part
Got a family to feed, your brother's got a shaky heart
Did then what the devil made him do
Bought a black bandana became a rebel with the ghetto youth
Ain't been the same since his mom hit the grave
Took two to the chest, took two to the name
He's another the story of a love gone wrong
When the good die young and the dead live on
And Jimmy couldn't take it
Until he snapped and he, tried to go
But he couldn't go back, peace
You live a life, so cold and so strong
But ghetto children, you did nothing wrong
[Pre-Chorus]
I will be strong, I will press on
No matter how hard it gets
I'll do my best, no matter how
No matter how hard it gets
And I need your forgiveness
Before I walk this road
A man who comes from a broken home
Has no need to be broken
[Chorus]
The d**, the books, the booze, the blame
The loneliest nights, nights spent awake
No matter what the name they feel the same pain
So much to take drive the world insane
The d**, the books, the booze the blame
The loneliest night, nights spent awake
A lot of things I am, a lot of things I ain't
God Use The Sinner, Got Use The Saint