By The Book

Turn me up

Haha

Yeah, listen

Well, I’m nowhere close to perfect

I’ve been trying to get it right

It’s hard to keep on searching

For a place that’s out of sight

I’ve been happy

I’ve been hurting

I’ve been lazy

I’ve been working

I’ve been pulled every direction on this ride So, if life’s a roller coaster then let’s ride

Let’s go! Hey!

I gotta keep my, eyes on you

No looking to the right

Mind on route

Oh, nothing left to find

And no matter how it looks

I’ll be playing this by the book

Feet on track

Ain’t tripping this time

Treat my past as another reminder

And no matter how it looks

I’ll be playing this by the book

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City James,

let ‘em know

Aye. Look.

Life wild, it’s a steady trial

Take an inch the devil take a mile Let me break it down

Mmm. Yea

For sure the Lord knows that my road been crooked

But blessed me with some partners to strengthen my footin’

While I was out in the streets,

My dawg was praying on his knees

Giving birth to his child

Breathing soul into her feet

Looking at his wife

And then right back at his seed

Something sparked in him

He had the nerve to call me

A man notorious for his broken home

Felt the Spirit so I wrote this song

When life’s getting hard

I’m playing this by the book.

When I don’t know where to start I’m playing this by the book

When I don’t know where to turn

I’m playing this by the book

And if there’s one thing I’ve learned

I’m playing this by the book

I gotta keep my, eyes on you

No looking to the right

Mind on route

Oh, nothing left to find

And no matter how it looks

I’ll be playing this by the book

Feet on track

Ain’t tripping this time

Treat my past as another reminder

And no matter how it looks

I’ll be playing this by the book

Ooo oo oo...

Ooo oo oo…