[Verse 1] Don’t force the door If it leans, let it Don’t chase the room Till you can best it Measure your words Like coins in your palm One sharp sentence Can break a calm If you got a flame Keep your hands low Feed it with care Let the small sparks grow [Pre-Chorus] Slow is not lazy Clear is not cold A steady step Can carry the load Hold your ground soft Keep your mind straight The right road bends But it never hate [Chorus] Take the right road Take it slow Leave some pride At the gate, yo Take the right road Watch it grow What you give Is what you know [Verse 2] When they throw shade Don’t rent that night Close your mouth once And save your light Clean up your mess Before you speak truth A tidy heart Hits hard in youth Say what you mean Then mean what you say Don’t make a storm Out of one gray day If you help one hand Keep the left free You don’t climb high By making folks bleed [Pre-Chorus] Slow is not lazy Clear is not cold A steady step Can carry the load Hold your ground soft Keep your mind straight The right road bends But it never hate [Chorus] Take the right road Take it slow Leave some pride At the gate, yo Take the right road Watch it grow What you give Is what you know [Bridge] I learned the hard way You can’t outrun a mirror Every crooked answer Comes back nearer So I bow my head When the choice gets loud A humble man Can still stand proud [Chorus] Take the right road Take it slow Leave some pride At the gate, yo Take the right road Watch it grow What you give Is what you know [Outro] Take the right road Not the fast one Take the right road Till the day is done
