[sev]
i wasn't trying to be the one in charge
i only wanted to influence those who lived it hard
we never saw eye to eye til we meet god
holding dreams too long, so they fell apart
used to listen to the essence of a new song
now i just let the sentences move on
so when i saw the sun rise for the first time, i hoped to die
so in case i didn't make it my tears would multiply
so we watched the breakdown, thought it never was the same
so we changed sounds, put another mask on in the shade now
so no one knows it me, so go ahead and pass the blame around
i spoke a different language, made a different statement
you got a lot to do son, so why are you waiting
it's now a different version of what it was before
so i'm sure it can't be the same
a player of life in these mind games
if i don't make it
i don't want to cause you sorrow
please believe me, i'm not promised tomorrow
all we have to build on's yesterday
let's live for today
if i don't make it
i don't want it all on me
i'm trying my hardest not to give you grief
try to see the beauty in a fallen leaf
i might not make it, we might not make it
[manchild]
his name is ox, quentin bradford junior to the government
these sucker djs don't really know what they've been up against
ushering the music, love and ruggedness of real life
show you what a night in atlanta could really feel like
ill type arranging and paint these people's memories
escapist for the ones who stay day to day in their misery
true king, unique, deaf to what these fools speak
son, father and friend, truly so you see
it happened when he finds out in july that something's different
tuesday drifters stand and listen... the whispers in the distance
our wishlist cleared and x'd out, don't let doubt
move away the answers and tell that cancer to get out
left out the following week, the one that i found out
deny the simple fact that kept it lock in manchild's mouth
thank god for quentin, god
thank god for ox
thank god he aint quitin'
thank god he won't stop
thank god i saw him last week, he looked a little weak
but i saw strength in his eyes and a passion beyond deep
he told me that christ was healing him right here as we speak
he was past fear and anger now and enveloped by peace
god, if you see fit, leave him here with me
but whatever happens now, he's healed because he believes
so, dj ox, rock, rock on
you're the reason for the words that i write in this song
i'm like, dj ox, rock, rock on
you a blessin to the people from the level you on
i'm like, dj ox, rock, rock on
a changed man, got all the angels singing this song
if i don't make it
i don't want to cause you sorrow
please believe me, i'm not promised tomorrow
all we have to build on's yesterday
let's live for today
if i don't make it
i don't want it all on me
i'm trying my hardest not to give you grief
try to see the beauty in a fallen leaf
i might not make it, we might not make it
[listener]
if she don't make it, god, i won't blame it on you
cuz since she was born, the doctors never had good news
she had the prettiest angel wings to match her dress-up shoes
cuz she's an angel
her guardian angel had their hands full
had her parents looking for the answers
and the doctors checking every angle
"not fair" synonymous with the cancer
"where does it hurt?" turned to "let's dull the pain"
and then numbing it down turned to more of the same
trying to stop it changed her life to a maybe
and this little girl's face turned to an old lady's
and she spoke those words far beyond her years and said
"if i don't make it, i don't want to see tears
cuz i'm an angel, i'm an angel and i love you dearly
you have to believe me, god told me you would
please don't leave me, i promise i'll be good
cuz i'm your angel, i'm your angel"
if i don't make it
i don't want to cause you sorrow
please believe me, i'm not promised tomorrow
all we have to build on's yesterday
let's live for today
if i don't make it
i don't want it all on me
i'm trying my hardest not to give you grief
try to see the beauty in a fallen leaf
i might not make it, we might not make it [2x]
