problems

[Chorus]

Problems

I don't know what I'd do without 'em

I'd be a fool to try to solve them

I'd rather be jumping off the ladder

Problems

I don't know what I'd do without 'em

I'd be a fool to try to solve them

I'd rather be jumping off the ladder

Problems

[Verse 1]

Everybody got a couple of 'em

It’s why my brother turned to the oven

Imagine yo' parent never giving lovin’

And they wonder why the block gets the hugging

My silver spoon came with a dark side

Smokers and the pokers had they souls tied

Thank God for great granny, she was all pride

Only leaning she did was on the Lord side

A little hard to eat when a lots on your plate

Wasn’t born with the sauce, so I had to raise the stakes

By any means is attached to my fate

We only bent the law so our pockets could be straight

[Hook 1]

Clothes in the sink, her soul on the stove

It’s getting hard think, grand daddy getting old

Can’t just dream, prayers gotta be bold

You better learn to fight or it’s gon be

[Chorus]

Problems

I don't know what I'd do without 'em

I'd be a fool to try to solve them

I'd rather be jumping off the ladder

Problems

I don't know what I'd do without 'em

I'd be a fool to try to solve them

I'd rather be jumping off the ladder

Problems

[Verse 2]

I use to pray He’d make my problems disappear

Until I saw a shift in my atmosphere

Looking for a sign led me on assignment

A lot of time in solitary confinement

I used to be at war with God’s timing

But then I saw how real pressure made diamonds

Expensive, behind the glass is my alignment

So you will never find my soul on consignment

Yuh cyan want it in de glass and de bottle too

If you want 'em in the stands, then you gotta fall through

Failing is a stage, curtain calls on cue

Gotta pull up from the line to be the Mike in ya crew

[Hook 2]

If you wanna get this, you gotta go through that

If He didn’t say no, then you couldn’t spin back

Winning posture in tact, I think we better get back

It’s best when we let Him work it out, I get it

[Outro]

Our problems keep us closer to You

Every door you closed made me open to You (I get it)

What looked like disappointment was protection

So I thank You everyday for my lessons (I get it)

My hardship was really heavy blessing (I get it, I get it)