(Can I get a witness?)
Yes you can, okay
Gotta keep it real
Tell ’em how you feel
See you’ve been on stage makin’ live your performance
But now it’s time to heal
Let’s go!
When it comes to my life
The skin I’m in the way I’m in
Just pushin’ toward the daylight
Stayin’ in line no compromise
But then I’ve got a phone line
Stress within my misgivings
Expectations sky high
Oh words of love and grace I need
Words of love and grace I need
Past of all the story true
The present and the future knew
What the night I’m cryin’ through
In the end I’ll give it all to you
Catch a glimpse of younger me
See peace and let the devils free
Our position’s at my door
It’s God story that I adore
Gotta keep it real
Go and tell him how you feel
See you’ve been on stage makin’ live your performance
But now it’s time to heal
So can I get a witness
For the young and the gifted
So got you down but He won’t knock your crown
Even if you feel neglected
I say can I get a witness
For the young and the gifted
Expectations all around
They will knock you down
Even when your faith is tested
All glory to the God that fights for me
The author of my faith rewriting my life story
The God that makes space for black pain and black joy
His grace is teaching me to forgive those that never says sorry
Dear sister, dear brother you fight in daddy issues
Or problems with your mother
See this life is like a circus
It’s gettin’ too much to juggle
But no matter where you are you’re never too far to recover
So all glory to the God that fights for you
The author of your faith rewriting your life story
Journal with my deepest fears then breath prayers every morning
Gotta get my act together millenials we pushin’ forty huh
Yeah so that trauma isn’t new
Havin’ to hide your true self at your job or in your school
And pass the syndrome but yo those starts are never true
Go wash yourself in the word and let the water heal the wounds
Cuz it’s paral list but two different Americas
Dealin with your past and the lack of black therapist
But it takes a village to protect you from the pelage
But don’t worry you’re saved no need to suppress your feelings
Whether your from the hood or grew up in the burbs
Third coach of kids are self proclaimed black nurse
See this your anthem for freedom
And let us all stand in the greener like
Can I get a witness
For the young and the gifted
So got you down but he won’t knock your crown
Even if you feel neglected
I say can I get a witness
For the young and the gifted
Expectations all around
They will knock you down
Even when your faith is tested
And I feel that I am giving myself permission to be
I have given myself permission to feel
And I have given myself permission to heal