HERE. // (Reprise)
So one time I tried to leave this place Alright, maybe twice.. Three times.. Four Whatever.. I thought I had some good ideas for my life But each time, God said stay I think He may be a little smarter than me I think.. I’m done trying to run I’m learning to embrace where I am This.. this is me yo, right here Don’t get it twisted, I ain’t settling I’m just retiring the idea that “there” is better I often find it fascinating How quick we are to praise the birds Praise wind, we praise flight Yet forget to praise the trees Who stand resisting the reign of time See I pray that I could grow roots deep enough To have branches that stretch through these streets Palms open, ready to tend to this garden of possibility To help dreams grow wings and Be here long enough to see my seeds bear fruit I’m planting my feet here, ten toes down On the grounds that raised me The soil that was the genesis for my becoming Where my heart realizes itself In the families God made out of...