Chapter Four - My Solid Ground

You pulled me out the waters Right before my faith could drown You gave me the strength to stand when there was no one There was nobody else around Cuz you are my solid ground I'm Wes And I'm blessed Thank God for my new life Mom taught me how to be grateful Uncle taught me how to earn stripes I was following the street signs Til' my auntie taught me how to be wise Now I turned into a better man Now I'm throwing up the peace sign You had your own life to live But you still took us in Four is a lot but you made us your kids We don't know how to repay what you did And you're still pushing me to be greater I know God gives you favor All because of your love I will keep on rising up You pulled me out the waters Right before my faith could drown You gave me the strength to stand when there was no one There was nobody else around Cuz you are my solid ground My twin We came from the same womb Two bright souls in the same room All I ever wanted in a best friend Plus much more, you are my motivation Way back in the playpen You protected me from hate then I'll be there for you the same way If you need me just say when Grandma loved me since I was a juvi Taught me how to love Really taught me how to do things Now I'm out here gettin' - gettin' my own green Paper chasin' young'n now I'm doin' my own thing In a world full of lies You taught me to survive You taught me how to stand up Cuz of you every day I try You pulled me out the waters Right before my faith could drown You gave me the strength to stand when there was no one There was nobody else around yeah Cuz you are my solid ground I love you I love you You're the one who saves me from this hurt That's why I trust you I love you I love you Please don't ever let me drown no no I won't yo Imagine how it feels when ya home ain't safe I endure pain every day - who relates? If I could start again I don't know what I would change All I know is that we're here right now Is it fate? Listen when the money runs dry And the bills get high and ya self-esteem breaks Brittle as your faith may be - keep reachin' Cuz one hand - that's all it takes Ayy You gotta understand Some people are struggling to keep their head above water And some of us are lookin' for the sun but the raindrops flood up our eyes Everybody needs somebody Cuz everybody is somebody So won't ya be somebody Reach out and touch someone's life One hand - that's all it takes! One hand - that's all it takes! One hand - that's all it takes! One hand - that's all it takes! One hand - that's all it takes! One hand - that's all it takes! One hand - that's all it takes! One hand - that's all it takes! You pulled me out the waters Right before my faith could drown You gave me the strength to stand when there was no one There was nobody else around yeah Cuz you are my solid ground One hand - that's all it takes! One hand - that's all it takes! One hand - that's all it takes! One hand - that's all it takes! One hand - that's all it takes! One hand - that's all it takes! One hand - that's all it takes! One hand - that's all it takes!