I'm just gonna take a minute and let it ride I'm just gonna take a minute and let it
breathe. I'm just gonna take a minute and let it ride I'm just gonna take a minute and let it breathe.
How did Mandela get the will to surpass the everyday when injustice had him taged and trapped in
every way? How did Gandhi ever withstand the hunger strikes and all? Didn't do it to gain
power or money if I recall as the gift? I guess I'll pass it on mother things to the lift the
stresses of Babylon mother knows my mother she suffered blows I don't know how we survived such
violent episodes I was so worried it hurt to see you breathe but as soon as you came out the hospital
you gave me sweets yeah they try to take you for me but you still only gave them some prayers
and sympathy dear mama you helped me write this by showing me to give is priceless and any man who
knows a thing knows he knows not a damn damn thing at all and every time I felt a hurt and I felt
the giving getting me up off the wall I'm just gonna take a minute and let it ride I'm just
gonna take a minute and let it breathe I'm just gonna take a minute and let it ride I'm just
gonna take a minute and let it breathe all I can say is the worst is over now we can serve the hard
times divorce it's over now they try to keep us out but they doors is open now my nigga acorn
is getting the wards and covers now this is canine and still repping the s coming out of
mope dish show and still draped in the mess and no matter how we strong on me it ain't easy coming
out of where we from on me and it's the reason why I could never play for me tell them the truth
is what my dad homie told me oh yeah I take inspiration from the most heinous situations
creating medication on my own trip relations did Africa you helped me write this by showing me
to give his priceless and any man who knows a thing knows he knows not a damn damn thing at all
and every time I felt a hurt and I felt the giving getting me up off the wall I'm just gonna
take a minute and let it ride I'm just gonna take a minute and let it breathe I'm just gonna take
a minute and let it ride I'm just gonna take a minute and let it breathe
nothing is perfect man that's what the world is all I know is I'm enjoying today
you know because it ain't every day that you get to give
yeah and any man who knows a thing knows he knows not a damn damn thing at all
and every time I felt a hurt and I felt the giving getting me up off the wall
I'm just gonna take a minute and let it ride I'm just gonna take a minute and let it breathe
I'm just gonna take a minute and let it rise
I'm just gonna take a minute and let it breathe
I ain't got nothing to complain about
You know where I'm from,
you know where I'm at, so
You know I'm flying high
a minute and let it rise
I'm just gonna take a minute and let it breathe
I'm just gonna take a minute and let it rise
I'm just gonna take a minute and let it dry
I'm just gonna take a minute and let it dry
