Baba Brinkman - Grateful lyrics

Inside a cave I hide away in a state of hibernation I lie stationary, wide awake; in violation Of my impatience, I wait for the change in vibration That signifies swings of tide in the basin Of my relationship with civilization I created this place; this is my station And I can exchange it, like a fish's migration From glaciers to find nascent riverside locations And this is why spaces I occupy go vacant I traded my safety zone to stay locomotive And I make the most of the way I chose to live In this chaos; my brain is overloaded But I remain devoted to the fate of a vocalist Though I can't say I made it alone as a soloist 'Cause I owe this to those who came and paid and supported Without you, I'd never get my shows promoted This game is gold plated but I won't grow jaded 'Cause I'm grateful for the way that you keep me motivated Oh I am an explorer That's movin' cross the water But I'm only moving forward 'Cause I am supported The wind is on my shoulder Blowin' subtle whispers I'm searchin' for the answer 'Cause I am an explorer So this is my attempt to start givin' it back To those who encouraged my decision to tap Into this vision, this indigenous knack For descriptive images and limitless adjectives I know most of you probably don't even listen to rap But without you, I'd be on different track I could've driven a cab or lived in a shack In the woods, or even been to prison and back I could've been an exact copy of America's white Middle cla** wannabe black stereotype Or I could've just imitated one of my parents' lives And had the “junior” on my name parenthesized Like one-tenth the size, but I'm aware inside Of where my errand lies, and it's got me terrified ‘Cause I'm like Shirzad in Arabian Nights Beyond my narrative lies paradise This game is gold plated but I won't grow jaded 'Cause I'm grateful for the way that you keep me motivated Oh I am an explorer That's movin' cross the water But I'm only moving forward 'Cause I am supported The wind is on my shoulder Blowin' subtle whispers I'm searchin' for the answer 'Cause I am an explorer But I'm not a paralyzed nervous person ‘Cause your encouragement is my nourishment I built this surrogate home and furnished it With verses in the service of perfect workmanship And I learned to curb this internal turbulence When I heard your urgent nurturing whispers, and courage went Surging through me, and I knew my purpose then Was to work ten times harder to deserve every word of it It makes me impervious to negative attitudes And fills me with a sense of benevolent gratitude Like: whatever you do now, I'll never be mad at you It takes absolute certainty to get Pegasus la**oed And I have the aptitude and I'll do what I have to do To see the last of this Promethean task through Even if that means feelin' the wrath of Zeus And whatever I make happen, I'm takin' it back to you It's my world I can do what I wanna do You can't stop me from myself Rockin' 'til there's nothing left And I say Thank You For your gifts and your blessings for me Cause it's my world To do just as I see