– English Lyrics

Lyrics & Translation

[English]

[Music]

i don't know nobody that's not trying to

be happy or successful if you're not

trying to be those two things something

seriously wrong you gotta go get

yourself some help

and uh

it's sort of i was watching this

this guy darius out here with this i

can't even call it disability i'm

looking at a kid that has no legs

no full functioning arms or hands

and i watched him

sit on watch youtube

teach himself how to play a piano

get invited to carnegie hall

and i was just thinking man i really

don't know how this affects you but i

really i trip on stuff like that because

i sit up and i always look at myself

and you know i've done a lot of jumping

in my life i'm not going to lie to you

but

this kid really inspired me today

because

i mean if you look at somebody like that

and he says he wants to be an

inspiration

i mean for us to create an excuse for

anything

it's unacceptable

it's really really unacceptable

you can't

why would you not

go for it why would you not

take a chance you know uh

uh bill uh uh tom bell was out here he

said at at one point in time

you got to take a chance on you

but see let me let me help you

understand something in case you ain't

thought about that when you take a

chance on you

i want you to remember something

that all of us were created in god's

image

so when you take a chance on you

you're taking a chance on god

it's because god is in all of us

you know i mean look man you might not

talk to him as much as you ought to we

might not acknowledge him in every way

we should

but he's in all of us

the good that you see in you that's god

that's god when you when you care about

somebody that's god

when you feel sympathy for somebody

that's god when you help somebody that's

god everybody in here got peace of god

in them

everybody

so when you take a chance on you you

actually taking a shot on you and god

because here's a deal

god when he created all of you

all of us

he gave you a gift

at birth

at birth

he gave it to you

the cool thing about god is he didn't

hide it from you he put it on a mountain

he didn't put it under the water he hid

it under no rock he put it in you at

birth god never created a soul without

giving him a gift all of you are gifted

at something

the problem is

you keep wanting your gift to be what

somebody else gift is

that's a problem

if you ain't really a actor why are you

acting

if you really can only sing at the

church why are you out here trying to be

a singer

if you really really really don't really

produce music

why are you out here trying you really

not a rapper

you steady rapping ain't you 34. ain't

nobody found you yet

you feel me

all of you have a gift you just got to

quit wanting your gift to be somebody

else's gift

identify your own gift because you

already have it here's the way you

identify your gift your gift is the

thing that you do the absolute best with

the least amount of effort

that is your god-given gift

that's it

when i had hair

the dude gave me my first haircut in

texas you know what she charged me for

my haircut ten dollars

do you know when he came out on the road

with me on the kings of comedy and did

the steve harvey show do you know how

much he was making per haircut fifteen

hundred dollars a haircut you know how

many haircuts i got a week four half

cuts a week this dude made six thousand

dollars a week cutting hair

you know what he do he cut hair when i

went bald he damn nearly killed himself

but you know what he did he went back to

what he do now guess what he got he got

four salons in texas and two barber

colleges you know what he make

six million dollars a year you know what

he'd do he cut half

that's all he do

listen to me

y'all got a gift that god gave to you at

birth if i was you i would do that gift

for you mess around the leader's world

cause your gift will make room for you

you'll be the happiest you've ever been

and you'll make the most money you ever

made i dare you to try it that's a

promise god made thank y'all

Key Vocabulary

Vocabulary	Meanings
gift /ɡɪft/ A1	noun - something given voluntarily without payment verb - to give as a present
inspiration /ˌɪns.pɪˈreɪ.ʃən/ C1	noun - a sudden brilliant or timely idea
successful /səkˈses.fəl/ B2	adjective - achieving or having achieved success
unacceptable /ˌʌn.ækˈsep.tə.bəl/ C1	adjective - not satisfactory or allowable
sympathy /ˈsɪmpəθi/ B2	noun - feelings of pity and compassion for someone else’s misfortune
peace /piːs/ B1	noun - a state of calm and freedom from conflict
chance /tʃæns/ B1	noun - a possibility of something happening verb - to give a chance to; to take a risk
god /ɡɒd/ A2	noun - a supreme being worshiped in monotheistic religions
birth /bɜːθ/ A1	noun - the act or process of being born
disability /ˌdɪs.əˈbɪl.ɪ.ti/ B2	noun - a physical or mental condition that limits a person's movements, senses, or activities
piano /piˈæn.oʊ/ A2	noun - a large musical instrument with a keyboard that produces sound by striking strings
identify /aɪˈden.tɪ.faɪ/ B2	verb - to recognize or establish what something is
effort /ˈef.ɚt/ B1	noun - use of physical or mental energy to do something
create /kriˈeɪt/ B1	verb - to bring something into existence
excuse /ɪkˈskjuːs/ B1	noun - a reason given to justify a fault or offense verb - to seek to justify on the grounds that …
acknowledge /əkˈnɒ.lɪdʒ/ C1	verb - to accept or admit the existence or truth of something
absolute /ˈæb.sə.luːt/ C1	adjective - not limited or restricted in any way; total
best /best/ B1	adjective - of the highest quality, excellence, or standing noun - the greatest degree of excellence
rapping /ˈræp.ɪŋ/ B2	verb - to speak or chant lyrics rhythmically, typically to a beat
singer /ˈsɪŋ.ər/ A2	noun - a person who sings, especially professionally