Jelly Roll, Struggle Jennings - Poor Man's Mansion lyrics
Jelly Roll [Jason Bradley DeFord] Antioch, Tennessee, U.S. 🇺🇸
[Jelly Roll, Struggle Jennings - Poor Man's Mansion lyrics]
I met a rich man in his mansion
But he was poor in soul
Said he could feel those demons
Dancin' all around his home
He said "Not everything that
Counts can be counted"
So it don't always means it counts
Just 'cause you can count it
That's a poor man's mansion
I would call it quit's walk
Away from all of it
Watch my kingdom crumblin' and just laugh
At the thought of it
Pick up all them pieces
And rebuild it like I'm Solomon
I hit bottom
Then climbed out the hole I had fallen in
Never would have found my way
If I would ever followed trends
You can loose your soul a lot
Faster than the dollar spends
Spin the bottle, kiss the
Devil, pay your dues, the debt is settled
If they gold liquor makes your head bang
It's heavy metal it's a big facade
Young peacock spread them feathers
Pain or pleasure, it's what ever
Life is just quit playin' checkers
Wealth is not measured in treasures
Quit treasurin' your wealth 'fore you
Die a lonely death mack daddy
I met a rich man in his mansion
But he was poor in soul
Said he could feel those demons
Dancin' all around his home
He said "Not everything that
Counts can be counted"
So it don't always means it counts
Just 'cause you can count it
That's a poor man's mansion
A righteous man will fall several times
But can still find a way
I think about that scripture every time
That I'm tryin' to pray
Games I ain't tryin' to play
Hard to articulate
I know we'll be held accountable for
All the shit we say
Been dreamin' of demons and burnin' houses
Burnin' ounces, stressed
I won't say a word about it
I met a man who had it all
But he wished he'd let it go
He said he failed to get it all
He had to sacrifice his soul
Highs and lows come and go
But the pain is the pain
If the pain ain't easier to change
Then he'll remain the same
I keep havin' these bad thoughts
Stuck in old patterns relive the past daily
I can hear my soul shatter
The man told me I must believe in somethin'
And if I don't the past'll catch me
I won't see it comin'
Why does the heart desire when we
Are in need of nothin'?
And all the things that we acquire
Take the freedom from us that's real
I met a rich man in his mansion
But he was poor in soul
Said he could feel those demons
Dancin' all around his home
He said "Not everything that
Counts can be counted"
So it don't always means it counts
Just 'cause you can count it
That's a poor man's mansion
But he was poor in soul
Said he could feel those demons
Dancin' all around his home
He said "Not everything that
Counts can be counted"
So it don't always means it counts
Just 'cause you can count it
That's a poor man's mansion
I would call it quit's walk
Away from all of it
Watch my kingdom crumblin' and just laugh
At the thought of it
Pick up all them pieces
And rebuild it like I'm Solomon
I hit bottom
Then climbed out the hole I had fallen in
Never would have found my way
If I would ever followed trends
You can loose your soul a lot
Faster than the dollar spends
Spin the bottle, kiss the
Devil, pay your dues, the debt is settled
If they gold liquor makes your head bang
It's heavy metal it's a big facade
Young peacock spread them feathers
Pain or pleasure, it's what ever
Life is just quit playin' checkers
Wealth is not measured in treasures
Quit treasurin' your wealth 'fore you
Die a lonely death mack daddy
I met a rich man in his mansion
But he was poor in soul
Said he could feel those demons
Dancin' all around his home
He said "Not everything that
Counts can be counted"
So it don't always means it counts
Just 'cause you can count it
That's a poor man's mansion
A righteous man will fall several times
But can still find a way
I think about that scripture every time
That I'm tryin' to pray
Games I ain't tryin' to play
Hard to articulate
I know we'll be held accountable for
All the shit we say
Been dreamin' of demons and burnin' houses
Burnin' ounces, stressed
I won't say a word about it
I met a man who had it all
But he wished he'd let it go
He said he failed to get it all
He had to sacrifice his soul
Highs and lows come and go
But the pain is the pain
If the pain ain't easier to change
Then he'll remain the same
I keep havin' these bad thoughts
Stuck in old patterns relive the past daily
I can hear my soul shatter
The man told me I must believe in somethin'
And if I don't the past'll catch me
I won't see it comin'
Why does the heart desire when we
Are in need of nothin'?
And all the things that we acquire
Take the freedom from us that's real
I met a rich man in his mansion
But he was poor in soul
Said he could feel those demons
Dancin' all around his home
He said "Not everything that
Counts can be counted"
So it don't always means it counts
Just 'cause you can count it
That's a poor man's mansion