Thank God

Intro: Rod Wave

Hello?

Mama

Rod, I heard you made it out, Rod, I'm so proud of you

Verse 1: Rod Wave

I thank God I made it out the trenches

I was tired of goin' up in sentence

I was stressin'

Mama told me, "Son, keep your head up"

She never seen me this successful

I'm the evidence

Verse 2: Rod Wave

I thank God I made it out my problems

They was tired of lookin' for my residence

And askin' questions

Mama told me, "Rod, just stay humble"

Mama told me, "Rod, avoid the nonsense"

That's the best advice I ever heard, oh-oh

Chorus: Rod Wave

Mama, I'm so glad I made it out this mess, ayy

I told God I'll never forget the day I seen that check, ayy

They said I'd end up dead or in the feds, ayy

'Cause I was out there in them streets with my dawgs 'til the very end

Mama, I know you proud of me, I thank God for everything

It's the only way I know to cope 'cause life be unfair to me

I'll never forget the days I had to pray to see another year

'Fore I started winnin', Mama told me, "Keep your head up, dear"

Verse 3: Rod Wave

(Yeah) God, thank You for makin' me successful

I was stuck down, but You lifted me up

I was broke down, but You blessed me up

People been plottin', but You kept me up

Keepin' my head up, that's how my mama raised me

Keepin' my head up, never let 'em phase me

I thank You, God, for takin' me outta them trenches

Outro: Rod Wave

Yeah, yeah

Verse 4: Rod Wave

Thank God, man, this life been crazy since I was a youngin

Runnin' 'round with a busted heart and a stomach rumblin'

Grandma house, five of us sleepin' in one room

I ain't know back then that the struggle was a costume

'Cause now I'm out here, and I still feel the same boy

Same pain, same name, just a different kind of noise

Mama on the phone, I hear her voice start to breakin'

She ain't cryin' 'cause she sad, she cryin' 'cause I made it

I pour a little out for the ones who ain't here

My brother in the ground, but I still feel him near

Every time I hit the stage, I see his face in the crowd

I know he up there smilin', sayin', "Rod, you did us proud"

Bridge: Rod Wave

(Yeah) They don't know the half, they just see the other side

They don't know the nights I sat and stared up at the sky

Askin' God, "Why me? Why'd You leave me in this place?"

Then He answered through my mama, put that smile back on my face

I ain't perfect, I'm just tryna make it right

For my daughter, for my mama, for the ones I lost to life

So I keep my head up high, even when it's hangin' low

'Cause I came too far to turn around and let it go

Chorus: Rod Wave

Mama, I'm so glad I made it out this mess, ayy

I told God I'll never forget the day I seen that check, ayy

They said I'd end up dead or in the feds, ayy

'Cause I was out there in them streets with my dawgs 'til the very end

Mama, I know you proud of me, I thank God for everything

It's the only way I know to cope 'cause life be unfair to me

I'll never forget the days I had to pray to see another year

'Fore I started winnin', Mama told me, "Keep your head up, dear"

Verse 5: Rod Wave

I remember pourin' up, tryna drown out the pain

Now I'm pourin' out my heart every time it starts to rain

I ain't proud of the way I dealt with all my grief

But I'm still standin' here, so I guess I found relief

They say money don't heal, and they right, but it help

It put my mama in a house where she ain't gotta stress herself

It put my dawgs in a position where they ain't gotta slide

But I still sleep with one eye open, that's the trenches in my mind

I thank God for the ones who stayed down when I was low

I thank God for the ones who let me know which way to go

And to the ones who walked away when I ain't have a thing

I forgive you, 'cause forgiveness is the freedom that it brings

Outro: Rod Wave

(Yeah, yeah)

Keep your head up, that's what mama always said

Keep your head up, even when you see the end

Thank You, God, for everything, I mean it from my chest

This one for the trenches, and I put that on my flesh

Yeah, yeah