[Intro]
(Bishop T.D Jakes)
I don’t care if you don’t have the money
And you don’t have the help
And you don’t have the family for it
And you don’t have the background for it
And you don’t have the friends for it
Don’t you give up on your dreams, don’t you do it, don’t you do it, don’t you do it
It may take you twice as long
You may have to take courses and classes
You might not read as fast
You might not move as quick
You might not have as much
But don’t you quit. (Samurai Baby)
[Chorus]
Our struggles have ceased
The heavens on high
We thanking the lord, yeah
These battles we fought
We fighting no more
Wе living in peace, yeah
Our battlеs kept coming
We just kept on grinding
Our shackles have broke, yeah
We never forgetting
From where we've been coming
A story of old, yeah
[Verse 1]
I'm writing these lyrics
I'm making this music for all of my niggas
Out there still struggling, fake ones be flexing
Pretending they living, with all of this money
Their momma been crying, what have you done lately
The crime, it's been paying
The real ones be working but getting no digits
They working with reasons
They begging for reasons to keep on the fight
But God is the light, just keep on believing
He'll give you the might, they sweating their asses
Out in the sun, hard on the bone, fight this depression
Put down the gun, he who created the sun and the rain
Will clear the pain and show the gain
So always be brave, never lose faith, listen to these words
They coming like floods, to push out all hate and bring in the love, always remember you're leaving with none
When heaven come play, you just have to pay
Develop yourself and bring out the best
Do what you love, forget all these haters, they born to keep hating, they negative brains, wasted DNA, you gotta stay strong
These battles be real, you gotta remember
It took 3 days for Jesus to rise, outta the dead
Few moment it takes, your vision will rise, you standing on high, you look at yourself, an image that shines, such beauty divine
Your glory be glowing like no one could find
You know that you did it, a story of time, that moment of truth, your legend revives, you feeling all new, you touching the sky
[Chorus]
Our struggles have ceased
The heavens on high
We thanking the lord, yeah
These battles we fought
We fighting no more
We living in peace, yeah
Our battles kept coming
We just kept on grinding
Our shackles have broke, yeah
We never forgetting
From where we've been coming
A story of old, yeah
[Verse 2]
Remember the time when nothing dey hand
You couldn't afford to get yourself clothes
The garri you drank was given to you
The slippers you wore, was passed down to you
That shirt that you own, was shrunk down for you
You looked like a doll, all broken and torn
The people you loved were shutting their door
The heavens did watch and pour out their love
Them nigga around, they told you to change
To come to the dark, but you always ignored
But now that you won, they hailing your name
That feeling that comes when you look at yourself
The efforts you put, you reaping them back
You look at your hands and say to yourself
This riches you have, you got them yourself
All glory to God, he gave you the strength
This story I wrote, I wrote it from pain
I wrote it from struggles from places I've been
The tears that I cried, the sorrows I've seen
This country be hard, could drive you insane
The people within, could make you deranged
Might hand you the noose, to end it yourself
But I want you to know, there's always a way
It's never the end, keep trying again
Those times that you fell, just rise up again
The battle will end if you stay on the ground
If you waiting for help, for someone to come
You stretching your hand but no one to hold
Just look to the sky, and do it yourself
The trash that you were, transforming to gold
But never forget, your story of old
Remember that past, when battles were fought
[Chorus]
Our struggles have ceased
The heavens on high
We thanking the lord yeah
These battles we fought
We fighting no more
We living in peace, yeah
Our battles kept coming
We just kept on grinding
Our shackles have broke yeah
We never forgetting
From where we've been coming
A story of old yeah
