[00:10.02]What if I could ice down all of my tears
[00:13.85]Would my face be covered in diamonds from ear to ear?
[00:17.61]Would real ****** respect me then?
[00:20.11]Will some of these white girls wanna be more than my friend?
[00:23.52]If I could take all of my tears and cry them into a chain
[00:26.39]I wonder how many million more followers I'd gain
[00:29.53]I bet my socials would be super lit
[00:31.68]It wouldn't even matter what type of vocals that I have to spit
[00:35.37]I could turn all this salty water
[00:37.31]That fell from my eyes into some diamond karats
[00:40.66]Then when I cry in public
[00:42.92]I could finally do so without having someone tell me
[00:45.50]I should feel embarrassed
[00:47.07]'Cause I'm not and I cried a whole lot
[00:50.58]When I filed a divorce and when the homie got shot
[00:53.56]And not one time did I laugh at Tyrese's tears
[00:55.90]'Cause when I was separated from my son
[00:57.66]I cried every day for almost a year
[00:59.28]And at near the end of that year span I was filled with joy
[01:02.42]'Cause my new fiance and I were expecting a baby boy
[01:05.66]But after 40 weeks he was born without a heartbeat
[01:08.62]Still we chose to march forward instead of retreat
[01:11.81]I put one foot in front of the next
[01:13.88]Even when it seemed impossible to take the next step
[01:17.80]I put one foot in front of the next
[01:19.84]Even when it felt like God had his foot on my chest
[01:23.44]I put one foot in front of the next
[01:25.83]Even when it felt like I couldn't take another breath
[01:29.57]I put one foot in front of the next
[01:31.82]'Cause life is just a battle in the shadow of death
[01:35.52]We bury Pooh in the very same day
[01:38.65]They called us said they wanna take my baby away
[01:41.39]I beat the case but I didn't beat the odds
[01:44.86]I got so many questions when I finally meet God
[01:47.63]"Like why you make it so hard? Why you even let me try?
[01:50.57]Why my marriage couldn't work? Why you let my baby die?"
[01:53.57]I apologize for not, you about to hear alot
[01:56.57]This is not really music, it's me dealing with my thoughts
[01:59.67]It was breathe trauma (huh), breathe trauma (huh),
[02:01.79]Breathe trauma (huh), breathe
[02:02.94]It's hard to kill the drama when the trauma won't leave
[02:05.50]So if karma does exist I find it hard to believe
[02:08.39]'Cause if you reap what you sow, I didn't sow these seeds
[02:11.54]I need a Grammy for the damage, platinum plaque as a bandage
[02:14.75]A couple healthy kids before I start to understand it
[02:17.56]But because the fans demand it and the label said I should
[02:20.52]I put it all into these songs and the hopes its understood
[02:23.63]I put one foot in front of the next
[02:25.77]Even when it seemed impossible to take the next step
[02:29.74]I put one foot in front of the next
[02:31.85]Even when it felt like God had his foot on my chest
[02:35.49]I put one foot in front of the next
[02:38.05]Even when it felt like I couldn't take another breath
[02:41.71]I put one foot in front of the next
[02:43.97]'Cause life is just a battle in the shadow of death
[02:52.07]I've been crawling up the side of a mountain
[02:58.48]Problems, they got me falling back down
[03:04.47]Know this, all the flames I'll put em down
[03:11.33]And know I'ma climb out
[03:17.10]I've been crawling up the side of a mountain
[03:23.08]Problems, they got me falling back down
[03:29.11]Know this, all the flames I'll put em down
[03:35.83]And know I'ma climb out