Gumbo

If the nights bring you sadness Hope the days bring you peace You survived through the madness Hope your love fills the streets If the nights bring you sadness Hope the days bring you peace You survived through the madness Hope your love fill the streets My blessings, more abundant than tragedy Still gotta' slip, block, and duck I'm from The D And they come in threes like Big Ben or CP Hope they never double up like Scottie We need to breathe, Yo Can I Live? Up and at em' and out the crib Before the birds singing songs Whistle while I make this bread Need the tunes to get me through And boot the devil out my head Keep me nestled in the moment Not rummaging through my past, or Dragging on bout where I'd rather be instead Plotting million dollar plans But I need food up in my fridge And I got babies in my face That need my time the way I did When I was holding down the place And pops was pulling double shifts I ain't even peep it then But now I know just how it gets When your duty and your dreams Can breed neglect and discontent Life's a bitch, cause' even if all that you do Is really rooted in love It's more to it, but you still gotta' pursue it with love If the nights bring you sadness Hope the days bring you peace You survived through the madness Hope your love fill the streets If the nights bring you sadness Hope the days bring you peace You survived through the madness Hope your love fill the streets Often times I feel like I'm out of the time That we only granted one time Better not take your time Still I rise, Breakfast and grind til' I can recline I'm tired, I'm fine, I'm fine, I'm fine, I'm fine, I'm strong Build a home Fill it with everything that you've longed And probably lacked when you was little I can't relax til' Money as long as the list of my things to do I'm always on edge Balance that with infinity pools Where the views come with floating lunch While fighting to touch my phone, but I know Ignoring texts and phone calls feels selfish and wrong Weight of the oldest keeping me whole They see when I fold, see when I struggle, See when I'm goals I'll never give up, long as the sun keep bringing me love The skin they want me to hate A spirit they want to break A family broken, broken A child who had learned to take Whatever she's given Make it feel great It's the only way I step up when the fuss come my way What's "giving up" to a Champion They throw dirt on your name, but the frame out of Clay Can't destroy what they ain't build So, where the cash is? One step in front of the other, make way Live to swing, float, move another day I step up when the I step, I-I-I step up when the fuss come my way What's "giving up" to a Champion They throw dirt on your name, but the frame out of Clay Can't destroy what they ain't build So, where the cash is? One step in front of the other, make way Live to swing, float, move another day I step, I-I Another day, One step at a time One day at a time We got it