Before I Grow I Bleed

[Chorus]
Uh-huh, Father, stretch your hands
How can I grow if I don't bleed?
Built for the battle I face
I don't got all my wants, but I got what I need
I'll make him change his life
I done changed my life with a mustard seed
Rich in Christ
I done lost so much, girl, you wouldn't believe
I done watched the world sleep on me
Before I grow, I bleed, uh, uh, uh
I done watched the world sleep on me
Before I grow, I bleed

[Verse]
Way too blessed to stress, I'm way too blessed ever stress
Hold my peace, my tears, my Lord, they fall right on your chest
Cut from the cloth of Jacob, but before that, girl, I'm God's child
He get Christ in comfort, I want the word out to them dope babies
Godspeed, I wish you well, won't move for anybody
Love you, but you gotta get out them streets, girl, you a busy body
Love you, but you gotta be more of a man, you can't help anybody
Love you, when I'm speaking the truth, I ain't holding that back for anybody
Thinking 'bout what brought me here
Show 'em you the one that brought me here
Glorify me in your name
I went through pain to let your fruits show
Lord, I'm not same
This not 'bout fame as long as you know, yeah, yeah, yeah
I wanna lead my family way from Hell, yeah
I don't wanna be no deadbeat
Spread your word, defeat myself, yeah
I hate the fact they say they sending love, they 'on mean me well, yeah
Lord, I hurt, but I know it's purging out what make me fail, yeah

[Chorus]
Uh-huh, Father, stretch your hands
How can I grow if I don't bleed?
Built for the battle I face
I don't got all my wants, but I got what I need
I'll make him change his life
I done changed my life with a mustard seed
Rich in Christ
I done lost so much, girl, you wouldn't believe
I done watched the world sleep on me
Before I grow, I bleed, uh, uh, uh
I done watched the world sleep on me
Before I grow, I bleed

[Outro]
David was crowned King
Years, I think in fact decades, before his butt touched that throne
And he receive the anointing of the most high
Way before he ever took this wrong
So that process when he was in the cave
Fleeing persecution from Saul, going through these different lands
All of that was him being refined to the ling
As you're seeking to be a man after the most high's own heart
It's gon' come with a lot, it's costly
We know the cost of living is death