New Found Spirit

I got a dream and a plan just to make it come together
It's in my own hands if I want my life better
A hard road ahead but I gotta keep goin'
No matter what's said, ain't no weaknesses showin'
I said a lot of prayers when my patience got thinner
The losses that I had taught me how to be a winner
I wake up every day with a new found spirit
So every single word that I say I gotta live it

Yeah, I had a hard day yesterday
I saw the streets take another homie's breath away
I'm on the couch lettin' slow sad records play
I'm blessed to say that God got me so I never stray

Hey, they tryna tamper with my understandin'
(Is that right?) Frustration is my new companion
I just can't seem to shake the way it treks through me
I go to sleep and wake up, it's layin' next to me
I'm like a hamster on a wheel 'bout to flame out
I'm runnin' hard, runnin' fast in the same spot
I get dejected sometimes and go in hurt mode
'Cause my rewards ain't equalin' my workload
Your boy be strategizin' all day

I get it rough, even my crumbs come the hard way
I'm self-counselin' with music and some ball play
All the time workin' on a mission I can parlay

I got a dream and a plan just to make it come together
It's in my own hands if I want my life better
A hard road ahead but I gotta keep goin'
No matter what's said, ain't no weaknesses showin'
I said a lot of prayers when my patience got thinner
The losses that I had taught me how to be a winner
I wake up every day with a new found spirit
So every single word that I say I gotta live it

Self-resentment and regret, those are my opponents
Don't ya hate when people interrupt your quiet moments?
They thinkin' somethin's wrong with ya, tryna go for help
No offense, but you don't know me better than I know myself
I sit stoic in my focus tryna regrow it
So if I tell you that I'm good, just take my word for it
The things I'm dealin' with currently, y'all do not know it
Been in the basement too long, it's time to top floor it

Every now and then I question if it pays to fight
I'm startin' to wonder to myself, "Man, are the haters right?"
'Cause I've been waitin' and despite workin' day and night
It's seemin' like the success I'm chasin' ain't takin' flight
But it's aight 'cause you got power over what's destined
You can't control what already happened, only the present
Throughout my life one thing has become evident
If you accept the lesson then the hurt becomes medicine

I got a dream and a plan just to make it come together
It's in my own hands if I want my life better
A hard road ahead but I gotta keep goin'
No matter what's said, ain't no weaknesses showin'
I said a lot of prayers when my patience got thinner
The losses that I had taught me how to be a winner
I wake up every day with a new found spirit
So every single word that I say I gotta live it

Nah, no matter what your disappointments be
Rejuvenate and start over the next morning free
Your dude left and you ain't even get a letter from him
Let it go and just know that somethin' better's comin'
Yeah, I know you goin' through a rough season
But God takes people out your life for a reason
Realize you didn't need him
You free now, get happy, take a minute and breathe in

Yo brother, you hurtin', feelin' the blues strong
You sittin' home, feelin' crushed because she moved on
See, it's a time to begin and a time to fade
See, you can't make nobody want you once they mind is made
But tomorrow's a brand new day, never the less
Just remember loneliness is better than stress
Tough it out and you'll see your life status improve
I'm thankful just to see the dates on my calendar move

I got a dream and a plan just to make it come together
It's in my own hands if I want my life better
A hard road ahead but I gotta keep goin'
No matter what's said, ain't no weaknesses showin'
I said a lot of prayers when my patience got thinner
The losses that I had taught me how to be a winner
I wake up every day with a new found spirit
So every single word that I say I gotta live it