Tell me why, tell me why

Oh, ooh, ooh

It's levels to this

It's God's plan, but the devil won't let me execute it

I can hear him in my ear tellin' me I won't ever do this

Looked in the mirror, had to tell myself I'm never losin'

Let go of the past, 'cause when I'm looking back I pay for that

Stopped being selfish, everything He gave, I gave it back

No more consequences, I done had my taste of that

So much guilt, I felt it in my rear, like baby back

I prayed on that

I think they wanna see my demise, they laughing in my face

So much disaster in my life, I can't evacuate

Teachin' me patience, so either way I'm gon' have to wait

How come this lesson take so long when I'm gon' graduate?

I see so many rainy days, I value seeing sunlight

Financial issues, can't worry 'bout what my funds like

I need my purpose to balance out with my love life

Can't let mistakes that I'm makin' affect my son's life

That I rise above in a plane

And part of that risin' above is me elevatin' myself to a higher dimension

And the plane that I was operating in

God don't want me there no more

He wants me to take it up a notch

I gotta take it up a notch, I'm too comfortable in my spot

They be waitin' like the cops for this music, I gotta drop

Feel like I'm close to the top, I get distracted, I'm gon' flop

If I'm not humble, it's gon' stop, I give thanks when they give me props

I say it's God-written, don't take no credit at all

For the reason I been spittin'

Been doin' this for over ten years, and I think they finally listen

'Cause it wasn't moving at all, 'till the day that I committed

Until I repented

Every time I let my anger ride, I feel conviction

Them demons on the prowl, I moved 'em out, that's an eviction

I often can't control my lust, would you call that addiction?

'Cause when I fall into it I no longer see the vision

I be so blind when I'm in sin that I can't see myself

I feel like God believe in me, but I still need some help

Locked in them chains, I can't explain all of the things I felt

The only way to break these chains is if I free myself

That's where we get in trouble, right?

Is when we operate in the flesh

And we lookin' to satisfy that need for adulation or anger, or whatever it may be

I can't get pulled into that