ZEKERI JOSHUA - GLORY lyrics

[VERSE 1:] I figured you were the worst Had me thinking that I adopted I doubted you ever gave me birth I hated you first but I hated me most (You) said I should have been born to a rich family Probably living on the coast Used to put me upside down in front of the folks And under the couch Put the strokes to my back And the memories hurt me like ouch I thought I would die Thought I was the most miserable young man alive How could I survive? So I went and had these dream And these visions of the day I would die I remember one night you had me and the folks Pegged for the whip You done gave ‘em seven strokes Then took me and put me under the couch And gave me twenty-four Blaming it on a pot of rice What would I have ate it for? And I hate it more That these trust and security issues Woulda ate me alive as a leader Scared that every time I failed I'll be receiving the whip to my back just as Lupita But the many times I failed I was putting up the whip to my back in my mind just like that Silas, Gods own soldier Now I happily trade those memories at an auction price to the lowest bidder and live with amnesia But I think I had forgotten the too many times The multiple tables had too many times And I'm pretty much not good at math So I learned and forgot ‘em The too many times when I had you crying And racing through traffic cos I was asthmatic But we had no harmony War was our symphony I cried on my melody The cracks of your whips and the kicks of your punches informing this rhythm, I rap to my sorrowing Ain't it pretty much ironic? How you thought I won't be Joseph But look who's been stuck at the bottom of his past been sold to his scars, and slave to his hurts they bought my monopoly. The days had been stretching like latex My rebellion hit the apex Dad looked me and said; “She gave you the birth” And of all women that made you the greatest Now sing it [HOOK:] O glory, O glory, O glory, O glory, glory Glory, O glory, O glory, O glory, glory Glory, O glory, O glory, O glory, glory Glory, O glory, O glory, O glory, glory [VERSE 2:] I heard stories of a brother (stories of a brother) Tales of a river (Ah!) Choc is in the water (Choc is in the water) How you gon' end another man who needed a hand but I abandoned you in this world? I don't even remember why you left Or the time you left But I also had left you alone cos I felt I was stressed I failed and you was a test- I failed to protect you And leaders are something like parents But single fathers are pretty terrible at parenthood So why did I regret? Why when the news hit me about your d**h? Cos regret is worthless when you could of prevent The d**h of a loved one who was given to your arms to protect and direct I'm not always correct But I insist I would be getting my stand straight I didn't say erect like “h*mo Erectus” I shoulda kept you But I'm a reject too It's crazy that a reject even rejects you If I was faithful, I won't neglect you But for a man who couldn't afford to take a risk faith was an even expense too Blankets were cheaper and I slept too Then I dreamt you became a superstar and woke when I heard you were gone And thought, maybe if I kept you You wouldn't have met the miserable company that led you To the cliff where I heard you were running for your life when you took a dive into that d**h pool Your body went to the bottom but your soul to the top I called Spys and he told me we ain't seeing you again But I never got to picture you for that one last shot Please pardon my excuses for my failures I know I could never write this wrong But if there's only one consolation I got it's We'll meet up in heaven at the Feet of our Lord Dressed in that white robe you singing that song of (glory) [HOOK:] O glory, O glory, O glory, O glory, glory Glory, O glory, O glory, O glory, glory Glory, O glory, O glory, O glory, glory Glory, O glory, O glory, O glory, glory [VERSE 3:] There are those days when I'm stressed from the thought That you sacrifices may only be burnt offerings which are not even pleasing to the Lord The smoke from that offering is gonna be choking your thoughts I heard that it takes conversations to save your relations Have you tried building a reputation When conversation is in a different language from your team which were supposed to like some close relations? You'll learn why Babel never saw its completion Try building success amidst conflict and confusion You don't get completion Then your Babel becomes Jericho's demolition I still feel as though it compares To the sailor who sailed Titanic to an Iceberg and wrecked this boat into damage and beyond repairs Now this place is gonna be flooding with a mess And your tears are adding to the flood Hey! You better get up, get a mop and get back to the work! But what more can you do when your best ain't enough? Enny Moses had said of leader that I was the worst, damn! Those days the failure hung on my neck like it's a j**elry Blame it on my foolery Made them see the fool in me Made my sacrifices worthless So you could see the Jew in me But that brought out the Cain in me And it was gon' ruin me I was starting to be losing my sense of responsibility And even though I feel like you laughing like I'm a joke from a comedian I promise this time Imma take full responsibility For all my mistakes, my errors and all my failures And every time my failures caused you to fail in your Aiming to take a shot when you aiming only to miss the point But target practice was created so we could miss the point Although these points are cardinals I know they not the Pope Although I missed my way what matters is I make it home! But until then I'm at this place where I done had Enough of your comments that's flooding my inbox I'm treating these comments like “Bob” Like Bob, I'll spam them and then I'll be singing And then I would sing (glory) [HOOK:] O glory, O glory, O glory, O glory, glory Glory, O glory, O glory, O glory, glory Glory, O glory, O glory, O glory, glory Glory, O glory, O glory, O glory, glory