Been a long time
Shouldn’t have left you
Without Blake B. to step to

I told y’all (hold on)
Now let’s go (go on)
The wait was so long (so long)

6 years comin’ - sound of the struggle
Back breakin’ beat makin’ – sound of the rubble
Could barely bear the lion – sound of the jungle
All balls in the air – sound of the juggle

Sound of the hustle, sounds like silence
Speakin’ from the stage while I planned in private
Stayin’ so fly, certified pilot
Focus on the flow like I’m worried bout the climate

Petrified with perfection keepin’ me so froze
Scared to share – it was keepin’ me so closed
Threaded the threats like when you sew clothes
Sheddin’ the stoicism – I’m gettin’ so close

Livin’ authentic and findin’ my worthiness
Spent my whole life being impervious
But I’m certain if I’m turnin’ from livin’ in a tower
I will change the world when I step into my power

All my life I've been
Running from everything
Searching for something that could save me
But now I'm here
And all I need is
Calling to me
I just gotta listen till I'm free

If I could tick all the boxes that were available
Then my position would be unassailable
Need fire rhymes so I won’t feel shade
Need straights A’s so I won’t feel shame

But though I made the grade and graduated to greatness
The hole in my soul brought me back to the Matrix
When I defined my worth by others’ opinions
I would never know the strength I’d been given

I’d been livin’ to please other people
Deferential to a fault like I was never equal
But now I found the fault lines and I’ll let ‘em grate
Time to rock the planet with the tectonic plates

Cuz I’m not afraid to change – bring on the eruption
Can’t burn bright unless I trust the combustion
Soarin’ from the depths - at least that’s what I’m hopin’
Imma be the mountain that rose from the ocean

CHORUS

Have patience, love the uncertainty
Even when faced with the urgency
Like everything in life is an emergency
And I’m stuck in a state of perpetual purgatory

I’m thirty-three, passion burns third degree
like my PhD, yeah I’m talkin’ bout my third degree
That’s just nerdy me, kickin’ out my demons here
It’s my time to shine since now I’m in my Jesus year

I’m feelin’ clean & clear, comin’ to terms with my scars
Ready to rock the rock between Venus and Mars
Lookin’ up cuz I plan to be ascending
Since I contain the universe within me

[I just gotta] So forget your perfect harmony
[Listen till I'm] Just be who you were called to be
[Listen to love] There’s a crack in everything
That’s how the light gets in so sing…

CHORUS