[Jerry.C talking]
Yea
Straight through
Ahem... Say word
Yea? Yea
Dear God, I'm... Oh. No, that's not... this is the little bridge part
Every... okay. Aright, yea, I got it
Every night... (coughs)
Yea, that's good. We'll cross that bridge when we come to it
Ahem. Yea
[Hook]
Dear God, I'm thankful for my mother. I'm thankful for my father
I'm thankful for my sister and the way that we were brought up
Thank you for my brothers; they got my back regardless
And thank you for the angels that you sent down here to guard us
Lord, I know there are some things that I still don't understand
But thank you, God, for seeing fit to let me grow into a man
Thank you for my hunger; that made me to the greatest
And thank you for this chance I got to stunt on all my haters
[Verse 1]
Webster's pages would define me as one of a kind
Search the earth for others like him; one you never could find
Might of a monster alongside a wonderful mind
Tried to convince me otherwise but couldn't color me blind
One thing this world despise? To see a black man shine
Ask Lewis Latimer. Light years ahead of his time
Now pause this track and rewind
Hear that line a few times
Google dude and you will find that Jerry never did lie
But, all that aside, I just thank God I'm alive
Because I'm one cop's bad day away from Tamir Rice
I'm just saying
Nowadays they shoot more blacks than Spike Lee
And called us animals so much, sometimes I think we might be
I guess that's why they throw us in cages
Yo, what'd we do to make yall so mad? Thats one for the ages
But I won't let them make me hateful more
I'll take this time to tell The Lord what I'm thankful for
And
[Hook]
Dear God, I'm thankful for my mother. I'm thankful for my father
I'm thankful for my sister and the way that we were brought up
Thank you for my brothers; they got my back regardless
And thank you for the angels that you sent down here to guard us
Lord, I know there are some things that I still don't understand
But thank you, God, for seeing fit to let me grow into a man
Thank you for my hunger; that made me to the greatest
And thank you for this chance I got to stunt on all my haters
[Verse 2]
Now, feast your eyes on black excellence
While these other rappers arguing about who the freshest is
I'm unimpressed with it
Tell me about your messages
You're the best? Nyet. I'mma need you to site your references
While me, I'm heaven-sent
Message big as Mt. Everest is
All you need is love and the one above
I'm saying I'm sick of all the same things in the game
It's insane
Slavery didn't end with whips and chains
It's still a thing
It's Jerr-iett Tubman. Tryna free my people; I'm Moses
It's funny, people with nothing to say always the boldest
But that's not the case when it comes to Jerry
Never been the type to hold my tongue. That's unsanitary
Yea. Until I'm dead and buried, pushing up daisies
I'll spit that crazy, dazing, straight amazing
Type of flow to make you give up rapping, maybe
And that's word to Terry. Yall should consider it
This is the end of the average and the rise of the lyricist
[Hook]
God, I'm thankful for my mother. I'm thankful for my father
I'm thankful for my sister and the way that we were brought up
Thank you for my brothers; they got my back regardless
And thank you for the angels that you sent down here to guard us
Lord, I know there are some things that I still don't understand
But thank you, God, for seeing fit to let me grow into a man
Thank you for my hunger; that made me to the greatest
And thank you for this chance I got to stunt on all my haters
Now...
[Breakdown: Jerry.C, Syl, and Montana]
Every night I say a prayer
Thank you for what brought me here
Every night I say a prayer
Thank you for what brought me here
Every night I say a prayer
Thank you for what brought me here
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