Twice A Child

[Verse] Once a man and twice a child, it brings me joy to see him smile Words of wisdom out his mouth spoken quietly His spirit glows as far as I can see, my eyes can see him resting peacefully Me and his favorite niece laying hands Touch him softly, show me who I am, I am family, I am grateful Counsel of my closest angels, being present isn't shameful As of late, I'm trying to make due Trying to find my way through today's gloom Yesteryear's sorrow in the day room, my pain grew Matriarchal residence, my pessimism ain't cool We win and they lose We swim and they sink My eyes wide shut, a nigga don't blink I chase truth, I am my own critic Rings upon my digits, miss me with that grimace talk I walk among the vicious I see out the eye, they looking down from Mount Olympus Intentions ain't malicious Most of this is out my hands, a thousand ran to safety My faith in the creator of creation Peace to those who made me It takes two I'm rain proof All up in a storm, I'm told to stay loose and dilute What's besides the point, we got the same view and different eyes Perspectives get ajoined by the bayside I take time to learn the lessons more And what I say is mine is really not My pity got the best of me The recipe disastrous My parents made a masterpiece casually The rest of the story gets told when you get there That’s a long way to go, I hold it in my chest then If you trying to blossom, got to grow and learn a lesson How the fuck you see yourself is better when you less than On my departure, I say bless fam, praying that a check land Play yourself and get spun, we grew up in the badlands Bad handshakes, speak volumes, cauldrons Burning from the ground up, the problems worth resolving, call them Teetered on the edge and now I’m all in What’s Going On, said brother Marvin I can identify this being still the hardest I put my faith in God 'cause living life is marvelous ('Cause living life is marvelous) [Hook] All the ups and downs, all the twists and turns Watch my problems turn around and what I found was worth All the ups and downs, all the twists and turns Watch my problems turn around and what I found was worth All the ups and downs, all the twists and turns Watch my problems turn around and what I found was worth All the ups and downs, all the twists and turns Watch my problems turn around and what I found was worth (What I found was worth) [Outro] What hurts make you stronger The hurt make you stronger that’s how you got to learn (That’s how you got to learn) (That’s how you got to learn)