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)