[Hook]
When my world was crashing all around me
All my hope was gone
I was drowning in darkness
Barely hanging on
Out of the shadows, you appeared
And helped me breath again
So when it all goes to black I won't start to fall
Because I can find in you in the shadows
[Verse 1]
Why do I look for meaning in moments that you'll forget?
It's that "stare the ceiling" feeling in my chest
But my head's on my knees, hands on my hair
Asking if anyone, anyone really cares
Calling all these girls I'll never call my wife
Friends discussing if some people are better at life
Ignorance is bliss, because it protects happiness
If it's wrong to be happy then I will never be right
I heard if you want to know if you look like your friends
See how they talk behind your back, that's how you look to them
Middle finger to what they say, talk of the devil
They talk behind my back because I'm ahead of them
I thank God for Hip Hop, it gave me an identity
Forever put this on my family, I give you everything
Because when you trust who you are, in any and every weather
You'll find that every day is your best day ever
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[Verse 2]
This may be nothing to you but it's everything to me
Alive is the state I would do anything to be
Christ's Second Coming is my mom saying "We made it!"
Born to do greatness the day she made me
Think like a man of action, act like a man of thought
I've come too far to waste the lessons I've been taught
Even if my life is no more, I'm never useless
It's because of emptiness that the cup is useful
The cover of my book weighs as much as the book itself
Appearances run this world, so I'mma look my best
But before you point and judge the worth of someone else
Look three times, you got three fingers pointed at yourself
Lotto ticket of my life like I'm starting from scratch
I feel this in my soul I know this is my path
Fixed up my lines, with my life as the cast
This break I will catch, always remembering the times
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[Verse 3]
Next time's my last time, I'll make it my best time
I'm finally talking with conviction, holding my chest high
When I'm scared or don't care, I try to put it in God's Hands
She gives it back and says, "Just be a fricking man!"
They say all good things in life come to an end
But I'm working hard so the best things can come again
What if the best things in life are really not things?
I know us rappers are trying to buy those feelings
Man, I'mma go ballistic if I'm a statistic of all this
I swear I'll erase our wish lists on Christmas
I'd rather do what I love, and struggle
Then be secure, but emotionally troubled
If I was a doctor, I could help people survive
But I'mma give them this life they've been so deprived
Give my mom a hug, my dad and bro a high five
I don't know about you but I'm glad to be alive
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