MC Lyte - Thank You (feat. Mary Mary, Muni Long) lyrics

(Lord, I pray)
Yeah
(Ooh, oh)
Yeah, all over the world
(Oh, oh, ooh
Pray
Muni Long)
One of one (Mary Mary)
(Yeah, yeah)
(I thank You, Lord)
(Thank you, yeah, yeah, yeah)
I thank You, Lord
Yeah

From the gutter, born
To a single mother, an anomaly
She prayed no one could
Ever bring harm by stopping me
We suffered through tears
And years of having nothing
'Til I got wise and opened up


My eyes and made something
Some on the sidelines like
"Oh, she getting over"
Marblе from vinyl tile
Jaguars from Novas
So now I live the lifе that
Most don't even know of
Flying high and some of
Y'all still dusting off your shoulders
They sit and wonder why
Tryna understand
Five thousand square feet
From a pork and a bean stand
New York is the key, man
Where I used to see scams
I'm quick to peep whether
He's an opp or a weed man
They got us caught in a maze
Keep us busy to the grave
With what we crave
That entertainment craze
I was one of them, locked in the devil's den
Now I'm free to speak the truth
And it ain't no settling

Sometimes running, sometimes falling
Sometimes fighting, sometimes crawling
A thousand miles of life and I'm still going
I thank God that I'm still growing
And all the pressure took me higher
And I thank God it took me higher
Couldn't break me, so it built me
Now I'm blazing like a fire
Like a fire, like a fire
Like a fire, like a fire

So the prayers my mama
Quoted really didn't go unnoticed
God heard and then He spoke this
"Drop everything and get devoted"
Or what you gain, you will blow it
You'll never reap what you sow
And lest in fact, you'll be demoted
You're the Lyte because
I made you, never be afraid to
Stand tall against 'em all
And protect what I gave you
Never mimic what you see
All them gimmicks come for free
And the cynics will look to me
And bow with all apologies
For treating you as less
But at that point, you were a mess
How could they have treated you better?
Not even you knew you were blessed
And with that, I understand, God
I surrender to Your plan
I'll never second-guess Your first word
When it's Your voice that I heard
Nevermind man, if they're not the will
Then will them away from me
I'm doing the best that I can
And here, as I stand
I know that I am absolutely
Nothing without You

Sometimes running, sometimes falling
Sometimes fighting, sometimes crawling
A thousand miles of life and I'm still going
I thank God that I'm still growing
And all the pressure took me higher
And I thank God it took me higher
Couldn't break me, so it built me
Now I'm blazing like a fire
Like a fire, like a fire
Like a fire, like a fire

I used to be a worrier, now I am a warrior
The weapons of my warfare, mighty through God
I used to be a doubter, now I pray louder
Shouting up to God, with a voice of triumph
(You got me singing)

Sometimes running, sometimes falling
Sometime fighting, sometime crawling
A thousand miles of life and I'm still going
I thank God that I'm still growing
And all the pressure took me higher
And I thank God it took me higher
Couldn't break me, so it built me
Now I'm blazing like a fire
Like a fire, like a fire
Like a fire, like a fire

I thank You, Lord
I thank You, Lord