El David - BLESSED Lyrics

Every breath I take
Is a sign that I'm winning
I've been thinking back
To the kills and the killing
Could've been a stat
In a plot or a prison
Now I'm feeling blessed
For this life that I'm living
Life that I'm living
Oh yes Feeling blessed
For this life that I'm living
This life that I'm living
Oh yes Feeling blessed
For this life that I'm living
Life that I'm living

Seven years old and a gang
Replaced my out of sight and fucked up dad
Played in a park laced with broken glass
Mama fed eight with her welfare stash
Sisters got raped OG's got merked
China white laid mad bodies in the dirt
Project blues
It wasn't easy to smile here
Thugs and killers
Hustled dollars and death here
And all these folks were just trying get by
And all these folks just prayed to stay alive
One more day one day at a time
Hope ain't easy when you struggle for dimes
Brothers trying to eat moved weight on streets
Three and half years for holding heat
Living street life ain't meant for the weak
Man I feel blessed to just to breathe

Every breath I take
Is a sign that I'm winning
I've been thinking back
To the kills and the killing
Could've been a stat
In a plot or a prison
Now I'm feeling blessed
For this life that I'm living
Life that I'm living
Oh yes Feeling blessed
For this life that I'm living
This life that I'm living
Oh yes Feeling blessed
For this life that I'm living
Life that I'm living

In the life
Surrounded by scavengers
Trying get a bite
For every good brother
There's five that are vile
That'll take you out
To get on top of the pile
And if you got a brain
Then you're labeled a threat
Eyes of the jakes
Watching who drops next
And knowing who to trust
Man one never knows
I saw the ones I put on
Turn coat and be foes
Selling out their souls
For a higher rank
Creeping in the shadows
Ready with the shank
Shitting on my name
Spitting venomous cap
Trying to get their trifling
Names on the map
Every day on my toes
Every day had to fight
Every day a chance
I could lose my life
Getting out alive from a devils nest
Ain't a cakewalk
Yeah I know I'm blessed

Every breath I take
Is a sign that I'm winning
I've been thinking back
To the kills and the killing
Could've been a stat
In a plot or a prison
Now I'm feeling blessed
For this life that I'm living
Life that I'm living
Oh yes Feeling blessed
For this life that I'm living
This life that I'm living
Oh yes Feeling blessed
For this life that I'm living
Every breath I take
Is a sign that I'm winning
I've been thinking back
To the kills and the killing
Could've been a stat
In a plot or a prison
Now I'm feeling blessed
For this life that I'm living
Life that I'm living
Oh yes Feeling blessed
For this life that I'm living
This life that I'm living
Oh yes Feeling blessed
For this life that I'm living
Life that I'm living

The roads I took could've broke me down
Took a lot of faith just to turn it around
Leaning on my people to hold me down
And up above water when I thought I'd drown
And I turned right when I could've went left
I had to wake up and redefine success
Hating on myself didn't make no sense
Shot for my goals with the confidence
All the drugs that I smoked
All the crimes I committed
All the cuts that I took when the roads were wicked
All the broken hearts
Including my own
The tears I caused mama when she wanted me home
In all the darkness the light prevailed
Had to show the beasts that I'm not for sale
Had to learn each bump in the road is a test
Through it all I know I'm blessed

Every breath I take
Is a sign that I'm winning
I've been thinking back
To the kills and the killing
Could've been a stat
In a plot or a prison
Now I'm feeling blessed
For this life that I'm living
Life that I'm living
Oh yes Feeling blessed
For this life that I'm living
This life that I'm living
Oh yes Feeling blessed
For this life that I'm living
Life that I'm living