lirik lagu august graves - blessings
[intro]
[verse]
i’m breathing in and out, i get to run my mouth
there’s people in the world who understand what i’m about
a northern man who found his love and family in the south
and found the tools to write his songs and take the college route
i’ve got some transportation with current registration
that i can pull out for the cops without the hesitation
f~ck a to b, my chevy handles every destination
and i can always fund the upkeep and the restoration
thank god for second chances, thank god for triple glances
thank god for scars that make for stories, not permanent damage
thank god for obstacles i’ve come across and learned to manage
and showing favor when a sinner’s life didn’t demand it
he blessed the babies and fools, guess i’m the evidence
he and my mom gave me consciousness with the common sense
grew up accustomed to certain standards of excellence
so i grew up disgusted with people who could settle for less
guess i’m pretentious or blessed to recognize quality
i guess i’m blessed with the confidence to love all of me
blessed with a taste for the decadence and debauchery
and yet, i’m also blessed to exercise discipline solemnly
blessed to have taken my first breath amongst autumn leaves
and raised up so that no one ever has to coddle me
blessed to avoid the hurt that cultivates misogyny
deluding me by thinking that value lies in my quantity
i’m grateful for my love jones, the one i call home
she’s been there for me in times when i felt all alone
she complements me and corrects me when she knows i’m wrong
but loves it when i write about her in a couple songs
we match each other from the freak down to the energy
you couldn’t find the chemicals that form this chemistry
we make amends and memories, but the trajectory
includes a rosy pathway to a reverend and some wedding rings
i don’t know where the h~ll i’d be without my n~gga, tee
back when the city didn’t know that i was really he
they were the batteries that pushed my creativity
because they recognized the force that i was meant to be
my trench brother, ripping boxes in the am
i was a novice to the southern legends, so they’d play ’em
any secret hiding up my sleeve, it wouldn’t phase ’em
that’s my n~gga ‘till the end, and can’t n0body else replace ‘em. (40/64)
i’ve got a family that backs me like a vertebrae
my mom’s a hustler with some taste, i guess i learned her ways
based my decisions off advice and things i’ve heard her say
only been led astray in times when i would turn away
been locked in with my siblings since we were baby cubs
no matter who’s in our circle, no one could break us up
for all the rainy days, i make sure that i save enough
for vacays in the summer where my folks would never pay for none
i guess i thank my dad for showing me how to be
’cause even in his ignorance, he proved inspiring
i’m tryna hang up macaroni art and tire swings
and not be absent in my children’s life when it’s tiring
thank god for giving me a taste of what i want in life
and trading that for the perspective that i need it twice
i thought i needed flashing lights to feel like i was seen
and that i need to close my eyes to realize my dreams
i haven’t starved, i wasn’t scarred, i didn’t lose my life
i wake up every morning and i go to sleep at night
if i didn’t a reach a goal, i have the chance to try
and try again, ‘cause every time, i’m close to being self~actualized
surrounded by these blessings, yet there’s things i have in store
closed umbrella with me, waiting for the down pour
winning by my metric, i don’t need to track the score
power of the tongue, but i don’t need to ask for more
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