A Letter to You(A Cappella) Lyrics

Look, don't let nobody tell you that you're not enough

You done been through so much, bro, we know that you're tough

People left you out to die when the rapids got rough

So you had to get abrasive like the back of a sponge

You was soaking up the hate, but you could never relate

Let's get one thing straight, little homie, you ain't

Don't let them put you in a box, cause you still gon' be great

You gon' give it all you got, and that ain't enough for debate

You gon' take some losses, a few double-crosses

But it's all in God's plan, cause in faith is how you walkin'

Some days you won't eat, you'll spend some nights on the street

thinking, God, why is this happening to me

You're a survivor

That shit is not a joke, since the day you were conceived

and all that crack your mama smoked

The day the dealer put the trigger, and your daddy brain was blown

No one to teach you to be a man, you had to learn that on your own

But you gon' be a stand-up guy, and you gon' be hella fly

It's gon' be a lot of nights where you feel like you gotta cry

Twenty gon' be a year of great loss

Grandma, Chakima, then your heart turned to rot

Tried to drown it in some liquor and a whole lot of pot

Then you try to hang yourself in your homie's garage, but by his grace

that wasn't your fate

And you gon' see later it would've been a mistake

You gon' start to see then that you're gonna be great

Gotta make every day better than yesterday

2 strokes at 23, you gon' learn to take some pain

Won't be able to move your hands and have to learn to walk again

But you gon' make it through, just like anything

Cuz you an unstoppable force, and you can stand the rain

This is a letter to you, which is a letter to me

You gon' be anything you set out to be

So keep living your life the way that you are

One day, everyone will know who you are

Yeah

You're a king

They'll never take your crown

You'll learn to hold your own for all the times they held you down

So keep that smile, no matter who's around

Cuz all of your angels are looking down proud