[Intro - Piano + Filtered 808 Hum, Whispered] (yeah) It's E... (E) Ain't anger... it's healing (healing) Don't get mad... just get better (better) [Verse 1 - Talk-Sing Flow, Behind The Beat, Light 808] Body hurtin', soul searchin', Lord I need healin' (need healin') Wonder if I'll ever be whole again (whole again) Wifey cryin', man who held her can't hold himself (can't hold himself) Served this country, now they shelved me (shelved me) Like I'm irrelevant (yeah) Few and Proud, gave everything I had (everything) Never begged for a handout, just a shoulder, just a hand (just a hand) I'm a father, I'm a husband, they depend on me (on me) When I'm fallin' apart, only God can see me (only God) [Chorus - 808 FULL DROP, Heavy Bass, Sing It] [808 in, Bass Knocks] Oh Lord... guide me, hold me tight (hold me tight) Boat keep rockin' in the middle of the storm (in the storm) Oh Lord... save me, waves tryna drown me (tryna drown me) But Your arms wrap 'round me, hold me tight (hold me tight) Whisper I love you son, just hold on for the fight (hold on) [Verse 2 - Add Guitar Chop, Hi-Hats Rolling] Heart heavy, spirit low, feel discouraged (so low) Fam hold me down, Your strength give me courage (give me courage) Weep at night when the house get quiet (so quiet) You stayed my hand from that worldly violence (yeah) Pray for my wife while she hold me down (hold me down) She fightin' her own battle, Lord help us now (help us now) Think 'bout my baby all the time (all the time) Sight gettin' bad, can't stand to see her blind [BASS OUT - Let It Hang] (yeah... yeah...) But I see brighter days past the horizon (I see it) Hands lifted, in this song I'm cryin' (I'm cryin') [Breakdown - 808 Out, Just Rhodes + Heartbeat Kick, Spoken Raw] First sight failing... (failing) But our faith ain't failing (ain't failing) She can't see clear... (clear) But she still see me prayin'... So... [Verse 3 - THE RISE - 808 SLIDE IN, Drums Back Full, The Ride] [808 Slide + Kick In] Woke up this morning, mercy still beside me (beside me) Tears in her eyes but she still smilin' at me (smilin' at me) Hands still shakin' but I pray with 'em now (pray with 'em) Doc said healing takes time, I stay with it now (stay with it) Thought they shelved me, God set me apart (set apart) Still a soldier, He just mendin' my heart (my heart) Her eyes gettin' dim but our vision gettin' clear (gettin' clear) We gon' rise up, our victory near (we gon' rise) From the shelf to the altar, from the pain to the promise (to the promise) If You kept me this long, I know You gon' keep us (keep us) [Final Chorus - BIG, Stacked, Ad-Libs Over Top] [Full Bass + Harmony Stack] Oh Lord... guide me, hold me tight (don't let go, don't let go) Boat keep rockin' but I won't let go (I won't let go) Oh Lord... save me, waves all around me (all around me) But Your arms... Your arms hold me tight (hold me so tight) Say You love me, so I hold on (I hold on) Say You love me, so I hold on for the fight (for the fight) [Outro - 808 Hum Fades, Rhodes Only, Whisper] Don't get mad... (don't get mad) Just get better (just get better) Yeah... just get better (yeah)
