One Day at a Time

Intro

Mm

Mama's face burnin' in my mind

Mm-hmm

Yeah

Verse 1

Started out a young blood with a sky-wide grin

Whole life stretched out like a clean new linen

One bad turn and the bottle found my hand

Slowly the poison took my plan

Every dollar ran straight to the next high

Chasing a ghost that said it'd hold me tight

Streets got loud and they drowned my name

I became a stranger that I couldn't contain

Pre-Chorus

But the noise in my head got so damn loud

Couldn't hear my mama cryin' in the crowd

Lost my job, lost my heart, lost my way

Almost let the lights go out that day

Chorus

I crawled out the gutter one slow step at a time

Sweatin' out the toxins while my soul realigned

Traded the ghost for a chance to be real

Fought the cravings hard till I learned how to heal

Crawled out the gutter one slow step at a time

Now I walk with my head held high and free

Post-Chorus

Day by day

Day by day

One breath at a time I'm okay

Day by day

Verse 2

Detoxed the body and unclouded my mind

Hit the therapy to find the reason behind

Why I masked the pain with pills and rum

Now I breathwork through the stress when the urges come

Cut the toxics off and blocked every door

Purged the enablers I once adored

Built a squad of real ones who keep it 100 true

They told me that they'd ride and I finally knew

Pre-Chorus

'Cause the road ahead was long and winding wide

But for once in my life I had my pride

Found my why in my family and my health

Turned my downward spiral into hidden wealth

Chorus

I crawled out the gutter one slow step at a time

Sweatin' out the toxins while my soul realigned

Traded the ghost for a chance to be real

Fought the cravings hard till I learned how to heal

Crawled out the gutter one slow step at a time

Now I walk with my head held high and free

Bridge

And if I hadn't changed the whole damn play

I'd be another body with a wasted day

Trapped in the system while the years slipped by

No legacy to leave and too ashamed to cry

But I own my past and I make my amends

Recovery's a marathon I never end

Chorus

I crawled out the gutter one slow step at a time

Sweatin' out the toxins while my soul realigned

Traded the ghost for a chance to be real

Fought the cravings hard till I learned how to heal

Crawled out the gutter one slow step at a time

Now I walk with my head held high and free

Outro

Mm

One day at a time

Mm-hmm

Mama's face is all I need

Yeah