[Verse 1]

James Brown

The hardest working man alive (Live)

To leave a legacy

Tell me what that price is like

Will I leave one 'fore my time?

Been working hard

Tell me has anyone died from the grind? (Grind)

There's this thing up in my chest

A passion burning bright

Ain't tryna take the city by storm

Just uphold some light

Withhold the constant lie

That I got this far on my own

My smartrip handy

Riding on the K6 with my woes

The biggest foe of mine I'm guessing

Is my own reflection

Cause I at times get in the way

Of my assured blessings

Things ain't connecting

Less I plug into a greater source

Gotta stay rooted

Pursuing some time to meet my Lord

I concord, I can't afford

To waste my time as much

As when I did, when just a kid

What I know now can't hush

Or rush my actions

Put to practice what I'm always told

No great possession

Or obsession is worth my soul

Oh no

Oh no

[Hook]

Big smile still on my face

After everything we been through

Sun is shining

So tell me why then

I feel so

Blue

Tell me why then

I feel so

Blue

[Verse 2]

I'm a rapper now

Done a couple shows

They wanna do collabs

I don't know what this career path holds

I speak my piece and bounce

Making moves and always on the road

Guess if this rap game would have me

This path ain't in my control

Gotta duke it out

Fighting 'gainst some demons on the low

Lust is truly driven

On the things that latch onto your soul

Need an intervention

Get these habits back under control

At a loss if you don't expose

The things that's taking focus

Hopeless

Seem to be all bougie with my nose up

Family falling apart do I even notice

Got a cousin that's struggling

With her self-esteem

Been so busy can't go see

Family that's up the street

Probably

Cause my momma's death

Keeps on lingering

The glue that kept us together

Now not effective

I'm tryna keep us together

My mother & my father side

Been trying for some time

I'm enduring til things turn around

[Hook]

Big smile on my face

After everything we been through

Sun is shining

So tell me why then

I still feel

Blue

Tell me why then

I still feel

Blue

[Verse 3]

Tryna turn a cold shoulder

Ain't in my makeup

People tend to give you shots

To see exactly what you made of

Never prayed to have a rap career

But you can thank my maker

Just as I have

I'm on this path

Tryna show others the way up

They won't step foot in the church

I'll bring the church to them

Tryna show grace to the folks

That feel they life condemned

The devil showed his ugly face

Back when my momma dem

Passed away but now I'm safe

I found my Guardian Angel

It's safe to say that life attacks at many angles

But I know now that God won't give you

What you cannot handle

If you would have it He bandages

All the damage that you

Faced throughout your young years

Come to wipe away tears

You've cried

Your drive

Might have died inside

He can awaken

The things you cherish

Embedded inside your DNA too

Is a life with purpose

Brings blessing upon what once was cursed

No matter how many lines rehearsed

You can't stop what you were destined to do

[Hook]

Smile on my face

After everything we been through

Sun is shining

But I know why

Things appear so

Blue

There's a silver lining

Between what's shining

And what's so gloom

I now know why

Things appear so

Blue

[Outro]

(distorted)

Smile on my face

After everything we been through

Sun is shining

But I know why

Things appear so

Blue

There's a silver lining

Between what's shining

And what's so gloom

I now know why

Things appear so

Blue