And I can't thank you for this life and all In spite of everything you've shown me, love

And I can't help but think back to all you've done To say thank you, to say thank you, yeah

Speak church, speak culture Sometimes I spit like a poet who's tortured

Other times I spit like a poet who preaches Ducking, dodging, all these leeches

Cause they want the oil, not the lessons it teaches Cause they want the oil

Man, leaving crowds so speechless Leave myself in all my minds on go

Like there's never a pause And if everything there's a lesson, is it ever a loss

Not every lesson comes cheap, better check what it cost

I came too far just to go back Got better with the flow, done found where my soul at

Old me would look back, at the hate and react New me let God handle that, I don't hold that

Like old me, go ahead and stay where you are Stop trying to speak for my pain, you don't know my scars

Been going to therapy, some thoughts be scaring me But I jot them all down, that's a how He's preparing me

Writing in circles like my pens in a derby Every lap clear, now my vision ain't blurry

Had to sit with myself, had to face what was hurting Now speak with authority, every word got a purpose

Oil on me, I ain't wasting the anointing If they don't feel the real, then the message ain't pointed

I done turned every tear into a line, that's a joint Now my pain got a sound, and the people can't ignore it

People can't ignore it, no

All the pain, had a purpose All the nights, I was searching

But you kept me, yeah you kept me Didn't lose my mind, you kept me

Now I'm standing here like

Every tear that I cried, you saw it Every time I fell, you caught me

When I lost my way, you found me Now I'm back on my feet, astounded

And I, thank you for the pain cause it made me better

Thank you for the song, can walk through the weather

Devil tryna break me, but now I got back up

And I can't thank you for this life enough

In spite of everything you showed me love

And I can't help but think back to all you've done

To say thank you, to say thank you, yeah