Staying Grounded

Been through a lot of hardship
Everybody got a story
Mines just about a little black boy
Who's mind would explore things

Mom was diagnosed with Crohn's when
I was jus a little baby
Poppa wasn't in the home
I was alone, no one came to save me

Generational trauma
Passed down all the way from slavery
But I gotta find a way to break these chains
Even if they hate me

Put my soul into the music
The only thing that would save me
On the days that I wanted to take my life
Pressure drive me crazy

I would put my pain into the paging
I was dancing, breaking
Had a dream I was gonna be the one
To get my family out the hazing

That this nation put us all in
This my second shot at college, no stopping no stalling
I'll run til I vomit if I gotta, put my all in
Who can I call then?

If I'm falling, my conscience is a cauldron
It's haunted, but it's awesome
I just wanna see us all win

I just wanna see, I just wanna breathe
I just wanna be, I just wanna be

I just wanna be...
I just wanna be...
I just wanna be...

This is my dream, momma woke me with her screams
Night terrors 17, how could I sleep?
Brothers told me they were cold, we ain't have nothing to eat
Hoping for peace

I looked death right in the eye
I ain't even fucking blink
Told him to scram, to much pressure to give in
So when your looking at me

Better rethink what it mean
Life ain't a game, you could get lost in the pain
You could get pushed to the brink
What is this life, when you've got everything?

Do you ever think, of anyone other than you
Of helping somebody in need
Or do you complain, about every little thing
Not going the way that it seems

I pray for Ukraine, I pray for people in the states
Who still are sleeping in the streets
I praying for peace, I'm praying that everyone eats
I'm praying you reach for your dreams

I pray you believe in yourself, no matter the hate that it brings
No matter the price that you pay, as long as nobody else bleeds
I pray you believe
You know that I pray you believe