Lyrics
I've been waiting for 10,000 nights
To get up here and sing my song.
And I told myself a million times,
"This is not where I belong."
I'm like the child who shares my memory,
But a little older now, I'm approaching 23
Starting to see what's real and what is not,
And I know for sure: I'm gonna give it all I got.
There were times when I felt like such a fool
Because I wasn't too skinny and I wasn't too cool.
There were times I had to turn my head away
Because I couldn't accept what my own conscience had to say.
Now I stand here, independent in my thoughts,
Feeling like I know the way when everybody's lost,
Knowing full well that I won't always feel so hot,
But I know for sure: I'm gonna give it all I got.
Makes me shiver just to think of all the years
I laid in bed at night, drowning in my tears.
But now I know: I just got to do my thing
And I can make it just as sure as I can sing.
Can't keep waiting for the world to change.
We all know that's just how things remain the same.
And I can't pretend I know all God's ways,
But I know my own and that's enough for me today.
I could dream of changing things all night,
But I got to get up and make use of the morning light.
Tonight I thank God for drawing this, my lot,
And I know for sure: I'm gonna give it all I got.
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