[Verse 1]

I remember as a kid on the playground

Parents talkin', tell me I should try to stay down

"Don't be tellin' what be goin' on in our house"

That be hard when the papers know the name now

That be hard when neighbors ain't wanna play now

That be hard when people be throwing shame, I

Remembered when I saw cameras [?]

All because of choices I know that they wouldn't make now

Never knew how hard the world wanna play it tough

Really feelin' еvery day like I had enough

Rеally hopin' any day could be regular

I was feelin' all alone, turnin' out I never was

Learn a lot when push had really come to shove

Keep your eyes on the ground or you look above

I'm so thankful, from the jump all I had was love

Even when I felt alone, turnin' out I never was

[Chorus]

Yeah, we came a real long way now

Doesn't matter what they say now

You were there, right there, waitin'

I feel my soul is changing

Yeah, we came a real long way now

Doesn't matter what they say now

You were there, right there, waitin'

I feel my soul is changing

[Verse 2]

Decade later and that really was just the start

Lost my dad, even worse when I lost my mom

I ain't sayin' this to say I didn't like daddy though

I was lookin' at my world like they dropped a bomb

Even in the darkest valleys, all I had was God

I was feelin' so small but He said I'm tall

"Don't give up, you know I'm close when you think I'm far

Guessing that you feel that you can ever only live in dark

When you're older, Michael, people will look up to you

And it will seem like only [?] from what you're going through

And it will take a lot for you to really pick and choose

People that you keepin' close, people that you listen to

I been with you every day and every bad one

And I remain, you can know that I'm the same One

Every day, you forgettin' where you came from

Know that you are not alone, yeah, you never was"

[Chorus]

Yeah, we came a real long way now (way now)

Doesn't matter what they say now (say now)

You were there, right there, waitin'

I feel my soul is changing (I feel my soul)

Yeah, we came a real long way now (way now)

Doesn't matter what they say now (say now)

You were there, right there, waitin'

I feel my soul is changing (I feel my soul)

I feel my soul is changing

I feel my soul is changing

I feel my soul is changing

I feel my soul is changing (I feel my soul)

Yeah, we came a real long way now (way now)

Doesn't matter what they say now (say now)

You were there, right there, waitin'

I feel my soul is changing

[Outro]

(I feel my soul)

(I feel my soul)

("When you're older, Michael, people will look up to you

And it will seem like only [?] from what you're going through

And it will take a lot for you to really pick and choose

People that you keepin' close, people that you listen to")

(I feel my soul)

("I been with you every day and every bad one

And I remain, you can know that I'm the same One

Every day, you forgettin' where you came from

Know that you are not alone, yeah, you never was")