I Made It (feat. Albertina Walker)

Bring it down time

I'm from a little town of 55 called Kansas, Mississippi

And every year on the 4th of July

We sank down on the square

And you know on the same street that I used to stand

And beg and shoot hooky from school

And people called me bum

Said I would never amount to anything

And every year when we sank down

My mind began to roam when I stand on the stage

Think about all the guys that I ran with

Some is in prison, some is cocaine addicts some is alcoholics

What I'm trying to tell you

I looked down the line

And I wonder sometimes how I made it

Through the storm and the rain

Then I looked down the line

And I wonder sometimes, how I made it

I made it, i made it

Through heartaches and pain you know what

Just a child in the streets

No college and no degree

But look at me yeah

I made it, yeah, yes I made it

Miss Albertina, Albertina Walker, yeah

I looked down the line

Oh and I wonder sometimes

How I made it (made it)

Thank You Jesus, thank you

Oh Lord, through the storm and rain, I made it

I say I looked, I looked, I looked

Oh I looked down the line and I wonder

Lord Jesus, sometimes I made it

Sometimes I wonder, sometimes I wonder how I made it

Lord Jesus, yes I made it, uh, uh

Just a child walking in the streets

I didn't go to college, didn't have no degree

But Miss Walker, I made it, I made it, I made it, I'm standing here with you

I made it, I made it, I made it, I made it, wow, I made it

I made it, seen and unseen

I made it, I've been so sick

Thought I wasn't gonna get well

But he healed my body, he healed my body

He healed my body, right?

I can tell you, I can tell you

I made it, I made it, through the storm

Through the rain, I made it, yeah, I made it. yeah, I made it, yeah

Yes i made it, I made it, yes I made it, uh, uh

Thank you Jesus, You are excused yeah

Oh, thank you lord, oh thank you Jesus

Yes I made it, yes I made it, thank you

Thank you, thank you, I made it

Just a little poor boy from Camp Mississippi

With polio that said I never

Know to anything, I made it, I made it, I made it

I made it, I made it, yes I made it

I made it, oh I made it, God knows I made it

I can't do nothing by myself

I made it, I made it

Lord have mercy yes I made it, lord have mercy, Lord have mercy

Mercy, mercy, mercy

God bless you

Yes I made it

Uh, uh, uh, uh

Yeah, yeah