Ashley DuBose - Still Standing Here lyrics

(Verse 1) This here is feeling like my last will and testament I'm no longer worried ‘bout If they'll be impressed with it Just know that they can't mess with it Used to be stressing ‘Cuz this message I was pressing Wasn't making a connection Can I make a confession? I've been through a collection Of stresses That would leave average people Second guessing On why they still around Carrying weight upon my Shoulders like I'm harnessing a boulder With no room for my blessings When wounds needed caressing There was nobody around ‘Cuz on the up and up They just wanted to see me down Should've died, yet Somehow I defy d**h The reaper calling But I ain't replied yet (Chorus) You can look right in my eyes Just to see what's about They wanna see my demise Whether see me down and out Tried to take away my pride Those times that I should have died But look and see I'm alive I survived (Ashley DuBose) 'Cuz that didn't take me out That didn't take me out That didn't take me out I'm still standing here, my friend It takes more to break me (Verse 2) Somebody told me That life ain't fair And I swear I ain't believe ‘em ‘Til I sat right there In that courtroom chair Staring at my brother's k**er As the judge went and only gave ‘em 13 years With the option of parole Are you kidding? He k**ed him in cold blood Let his soul rot in prison But at that very minute God dove in my spirit Thou shall hold hatred So just know, he's forgiven I channeled all that aggression Into flows that was written To warm souls like a stove In this cold world we live in Family members in prison Or struggling with addiction A couple of ‘em is pitching They just trying to make a living They know I never judge ‘em That's my people and I love ‘em Wonder if they know The devil's tryna cuff ‘em And take ‘em out the discussion But as long as my heart is beating like percussion I promise I'll protect 'em from destruction (Chorus) (Bridge) It's been a long and winding road I've been traveling A dark and murky, muddy mess I've been treading in But believe, it's got to k** me to stop me I'm not stopping I rise above the enemy; on angel wings, they carry me Oh, oh, oh Oh, oh, oh, oh, oh Oh, oh, oh, oh, oh Oh, oh, oh, oh, oh Oh, oh (Chorus) Nope, that didn't break me down Nope, that didn't break me down It takes more to break me down I'm still standing here, my friend