Where does one start, huh?
Them fiery darts...
Just playin' my cards, huh?
That's church lingo intermingled with the evil arts
Just followed my heart —
It made it easy to see the feeble parts:
The need to please
The need to get inside her jeans
The need for me to be needed
It's what bleeds if you pull me apart
I fled the ark, flung the earth
Threw myself inside my work
"This how y'all gon' see my worth —
I'ma get it all growin' out this dirt..."
But where do you go where God won't bother?
One of the many truths I've learned from all the pain of my father
You can't serve two masters
That's gon' end in disaster
Who can't help you? Your pastor
I shook my fist at heaven
Beggin' y'all would look away for a sec—
Let me collect these checks
Get that money, power, respect
Lookin' at it all in retrospect —
I'm so thankful I ain't get:
None of the fame
None of that pain
None of that shame
No regrets
All of my life
But you can't leave His presence
You can outrun blessings
You gon' learn these lessons
You gon' learn these lessons
You can outrun blessings
All of my life
You can't leave His presence
You can outrun blessings
You gon' learn these lessons
You gon' learn these lessons
You can outrun blessings
All my life
All of my life
I heard the spirit yelling
It's not that they don't like you
It's just that they're not like you
Your calling will keep standing tall
For you or despite you
Let them all fight you
Soon they'll all invite you
All my life
All of my life
I heard the spirit yelling
Been whistling melodies to me
As rhythmic prophecies
Been grabbing my pen and pad
Like what am I supposed to do with these
Words as paintbrushes
Imagine the possibilities
All my life
All of my life
I wondered what this [?] for
To suffer under the sun until we shed this mortal coil form
Some sort of reward from an unseen lord
We abandon our loved ones and become one with ancestors
Is it wisdom of the ages or just jaded folklore for
Feeble brain you can't maintain a grip on the metaphor or
All of my life
Is this the same thing you've been saying
Jason, you ain't never seen no righteous [?]
All of my life
But you can't leave His presence
You can outrun blessings
You gon' learn these lessons
You gon' learn these lessons
You can outrun blessings
All of my life
You can't leave His presence
You can outrun blessings
You gon' learn these lessons
You gon' learn these lessons
You can outrun blessings
All my life
