[Instrumental Intro] [Prod: a single Bbm piano loop, quiet and unhurried. Bass sits underneath] Like it's always been there. Let it breathe before anything happens ... Alright ... Gratitude [Prod: no music under either word. Just voice and room.] [Verse 1] [Prod: drums settle in soft beneath the piano, half-time and unhurried. 808 moves slow and low. Vocal sits back in the mix, enough effect on it to feel like a memory rather than a moment.] Minimalistic with the appreciation for what I got Some days I think it'd be better just to catch a shot Always took my shot though Grateful for the nuts I got But that mindset was dead Never leading to a better thread Had to learn a different thought Remember what it took to get what I brought Always lost in thought Wonder what the racks were really worth When all I'm grateful for is in my heart My son, my God, my rebellious cause Broken don't matter When your value is Lord endorsed So make moves with that in mind Still learning how to be kind To forgive and not run Always quick to grab the gun Kill any diversion Need to be calm, less abrasive ... ... God I'm grateful for my son... [Prod: whispered. One piano note holds the silence.] ... ... [Bass Cut – before drop] [Chorus] [Prod: kick tightens slightly and the 808 hits a little warmer but the piano loop stays the same, just the weight around it shifts.] Grateful for a lot Grateful for what I got No more spinning the block No more dealing the devil's rot Grateful for a lot Grateful for what we got Remember the dance we took Playing chess trading rooks Bobby Fischer with the vision Multiple openings we taking Grateful for a lot Grateful for what you got ... Alright ... Alright ... [Verse 2] [Prod: strips back further, piano sparser, 808 lower, room feeling smaller. Delivery more conversational, questions lifting slightly like he's asking them of himself.] Working on being in it Being able to sit in it Realise what's around Foundations built on stronger ground This is different if you pause The position is for all The position is for all There's a rhythm moving Not deceivingly breathing Positivity is reason enough To take a move with legion God is where gratitude is born Ignore all those who scorn Remember the image you're built in Who's image are you built in? Why is that? Tell me that? I'm grateful for faith A guiding grace Let me sit in the Lord's space ... Alright ... [Bass Cut – before drop] [Chorus] Grateful for a lot Grateful for what I got No more spinning the block No more dealing the devil's rot Grateful for a lot Grateful for what we got Remember the dance we took Playing chess trading rooks Bobby Fischer with the vision Multiple openings we taking Grateful for a lot Grateful for what you got ... Alright ... Alright ... [Bridge] [Prod: kick slows to one pulse every two bars, 808 fades away, just the piano sitting wetter and further back. Vocal somewhere between rapping and singing, no layers, just him and the space around the words.] I didn't know what I was looking for Thought the racks would fill the space inside the door Now I'm counting blessings not the score My son's asleep and I'm grateful to the core Couldn't always see the grace inside the storm But everything I needed I was already born with Lord I feel it now Sitting in the quiet somehow This is what it sounds like when you're found [Prod: track exhales into silence before the piano returns alone.] [Chorus – Final] [Prod: drums return on the second line, 808 warmest it's been, vocal the most settled it's sounded all song.] Grateful for a lot Grateful for what I got No more spinning the block No more dealing the devil's rot Grateful for a lot Grateful for what we got Remember the dance we took Playing chess trading rooks Bobby Fischer with the vision Multiple openings we taking Grateful for a lot Grateful for what you got ... Alright ... Alright ... [Outro] [Prod: drums fade, piano holds, 808 decays on one note and doesn't come back. Vocal completely dry for the first time, just the voice in the room. Let it die on its own.] ... Still learning Still grateful [pause] My son My God My cause [long pause] Alright ... Alright ...
