[Verse 1:]

Used to hate here, wanted to leave here

Couldn't see this far, surprised to be here

Ball drops again, seen another year

I'm thankful for my live cause you coulda took it

Learn the difference between life and death

What separates the two is one breath

Take a deep one before you exhale

I'm thankful for my live cause you coulda took it

Came to shoot me, execute me

Persecute me, Percy must die

Take me to you, but you stopped it

You saved my life because you know they coulda took it

Instruments of death always prevailed

Whether a gun, knife, or harsh words

I mimic the songs of the caged bird

To me this is way beyond a simple rhyme

Way beyond a simply rhyme


[Verse 2:]

I'm a rich man because I'm blessed

Escape purgatory that was one test

The hate that burned in me must rest

I'm thankful for my live cause you coulda took it

Life is painful, I'm an expert

Tears were digital, prison did hurt

People missed message, hated artwork

I'm thankful for my live cause you coulda took it

Fighting CO's, I get beat down

Take my chair, make me crawl around

Couldn't break me, how you like me now?

You saved my life because you know they coulda took it

Let me rise up, let my wings flap

I fell to Earth once the guns clapped

Learned my lesson, let me come back

To me this is way beyond a simple rhyme

Way beyond a simply rhyme


[Verse 3:]

Over matter, focus my mind

Darkness cloaks me, shadow my spine

On my face, I feel the sunshine

I'm thankful for my live cause you coulda took it

Day by day I wrestle with thoughts

Thinking of street wars that we fought

So many died in our blood sport

I'm thankful for my live cause you coulda took it

Please forgive me for trading places

Becoming a murderer not leaving traces

Found innocent, beating cases

You blessed me even though that life you knew I took it

Scars and memories, how much can I take?

Demons choke me in my dream state

I don't sleep, for days I stay awake

To me this is way beyond a simple rhyme

Way beyond a simply rhyme