[Verse 1: Sev Statik]

I wasn't trying to be the one in charge

I only wanted to influence those who lived it hard

We never saw eye to eye til we meet God

Holding dreams too long, so they fell apart

Used to listen to the essence of a new song

Now I just let the sentences move on

So when I saw the sun rise for the first time, I hoped to die

So in case I didn't make it my tears would multiply

So we watched the breakdown, thought it never was the same

So we changed sounds, put another mask on in the shade now

So no one knows it me, so go ahead and pass the blame around

I spoke a different language, made a different statement

You got a lot to do son, so why are you waiting

It's now a different version of what it was before

So i'm sure it can't be the same

A player of life in these mind games

[Chorus: Listener]

If I don't make it

I don't want to cause you sorrow

Please believe me, I'm not promised tomorrow

All we have to build on's yesterday

Let's live for today

If I don't make it

I don't want it all on me

I'm trying my hardest not to give you grief

Tryna see the beauty in a fallen leaf

I might not make it, we might not make it

[Verse 2: manchild]

His name is Ox Quentin Bradford Junior to the government

These sucker DJs don't really know what they've been up against

Ushering the music, love and ruggedness of real life

Show you what a night in Atlanta could really feel like

Ill type arranging and paint these people's memories

Escapist for the ones who stay day to day in their misery

True king, unique, deaf to what these fools speak

Son, father and friend, truly so you see

It happened when he finds out in July that something's different

Tuesday drifters stand and listen... the whispers in the distance

Our wishlist cleared and X-ed out, don't let doubt

Move away the answers and tell that cancer to get out

Left out the following week, the one that i found out

Deny the simple fact that kept it lock in Manchild's mouth

Thank God for Quentin, God

Thank God for Ox

Thank God he ain't quitin'

Thank God he won't stop

Thank God I saw him last week, he looked a little weak

But I saw strength in his eyes and a passion beyond deep

He told me that Christ was healing him right here as we speak

He was past fear and anger now and enveloped by peace

God, if you see fit, leave him here with me

But whatever happens now, he's healed because he believes

So, DJ Ox, rock, rock on

You're the reason for the words that i write in this song

I'm like, DJ Ox, rock, rock on

You a blessin' to the people from the level you on

I'm like, DJ Ox, rock, rock on

A changed man, got all the angels singing this song

[Chorus: Listener]

If I don't make it

I don't want to cause you sorrow

Please believe me, I'm not promised tomorrow

All we have to build on's yesterday

Let's live for today

If I don't make it

I don't want it all on me

I'm trying my hardest not to give you grief

Tryna see the beauty in a fallen leaf

I might not make it, we might not make it

[Verse 3: Listener]

If she don't make it, God, I won't blame it on you

Cuz since she was born, the doctors never had good news

She had the prettiest angel wings to match her dress-up shoes

Cuz she's an angel

Her guardian angel had their hands full

Had her parents looking for the answers

And the doctors checking every angle

"not fair" synonymous with the cancer

"where does it hurt?" turned to "let's dull the pain"

And then numbing it down turned to more of the same

Trying to stop it changed her life to a maybe

And this little girl's face changed to an old lady's

And she spoke those words far beyond her years and said

"if O don't make it, I don't want to see tears

Cuz I'm an angel, I'm an angel and I love you dearly

You have to believe me, God told me you would

Please don't leave me, I promise I'll be good

Cuz I'm your angel, I'm your angel"

[Chorus: Listener]

If I don't make it

I don't want to cause you sorrow

Please believe me, I'm not promised tomorrow

All we have to build on's yesterday

Let's live for today

If I don't make it

I don't want it all on me

I'm trying my hardest not to give you grief

Tryna see the beauty in a fallen leaf

I might not make it, we might not make it

[Chorus: Listener]

If I don't make it

I don't want to cause you sorrow

Please believe me, I'm not promised tomorrow

All we have to build on's yesterday

Let's live for today

If I don't make it

I don't want it all on me

I'm trying my hardest not to give you grief

Tryna see the beauty in a fallen leaf

I might not make it, we might not make it