[Intro]
Life is a gift
You got yours (x2)
So buckle up
Melody, let's go
[Verse 1]
It's Jahaziel
The kid's called to spit bars well
And let the world know that God's real
That's why I rock mics in spotlights
I came from a hard-knock life
Now I praise God I got life
Many nights I could of got knifed or worse
Could of got shot, could of got bucked in a hearse
And now I look in reverse and I look and I smirk
Cause man I never thought I'd ever put my foot in a church
Since birth, crooked and cursed, puttin' in work
I'm drivin' by a vision that's bigger than pushin a merce(des)
Cause it's worth more than money can buy
To see these heads arise and shine bright like the sun in July
Ain't a matter how high to climb it's psychological
They say impossible, God says I am possible
So who's responsible for yesterday's news, it's you
The future's whichever way that you choose
[Chorus]
Life is a gift
But too many loosin' it
Ain't what you got
But it's what you do with it
Choice is yours
Better start choosin' it
Cause you got yours (x2)
[Verse 2]
(Choose now)
Yo
Some nights I dream with my eyes open
My mind floats in the sky
So I can clearly see the gold on the rise and approaching
Some think I'm hoping for something that won't happen
They say it's never gonna go Platinum
But man I never chose rappin' just to get your toes tappin'
My hope is to break them chains your soul's trapped in
I speak with pa**ion, words of the street
There's no relaxing, 'till I see my purpose complete
There's more action, cause who don't work they don't eat
Or who don't sow don't reap, the roots gotta be sown deep
The seed dies to rise from the earth's tomb
And makes the flower to bloom and burst the perfume
Like, you gotta die before you truly can live
Like you gotta close your eyes before you see what life is
Sometimes before you can build you gotta destroy
Sometimes you gotta endure before you enjoy
That's the process that separates the men from the boys
Trust God
If you're willing He can fill in the void
If you start k**in' the noise
Listen you can hear His whisperin' voice
[Life or d**h
Which is your choice?] (x4)
[Verse 3]
(Now listen)
Both my hands are raised and I stand amazed
Cause I come a long way since back in the days
All I did was rap and blaze
I left school with bad grades cause I wasn't in cla** for days
I was, so fed up and broke with no development hope
I started peddlin' coke in dance raves
Till my man overdosed on cla** A's
Before he pa**ed I wish I had a chance to say
Listen, your imitation is just a masquerade
You can graduate, you can even pa** the H
I don't care about your color, creed, cla** or age
Or whether in the past you've made some bad mistakes
Destiny's not in the hands of fate, it's in the plans you make
The path you take and activate
You got your chance today you don't have to wait
Or procrastinate, all you gotta have is faith
[Outro]
They say yesterday's the past
Tomorrow's the future
And today is a gift
That's why it's called the present
Thank you Jesus
It's time to wake up
Open your eyes
No time for wastin'
Livin' your life
(Life in abundance)
Separate and sanctify
(Get yours)
You can be free
In Jesus Christ