Power

[Intro]
Hello?
What you doin' still up?
Listen here. I know you bored and, I, ah uh ah, and you goin' to sleep
I'm just thinkin' about you. What you doin'? How was the movie?
Okay. Good
I was sittin' here in the studio just thinkin' about Uncle Alvin arm wrestling. How strong he was. Uncle Maurice. All these old, all these OGs in the family who gave me power and strength. Like where does, where is you gettin' your power from girl?
From my parents, grandparents
That's where you got your strength from?
Yeah
I get my power from my grandparents too
OK
I get my power from you
OK
I love you Grandmama. I'ma let you go to sleep
I love - I love you too
Good night
Bye bye
Yeah! You give me power baby. I just wanna give you joy, you know? You make me so happy. I just want to do the same for you. Yeah! Skitzo!

[Chorus: Cali]
You give me power (You give me power)
And you make me happy (Happy)

[Verse 1: Skitzomichigan]
A hard head make a soft man, man, don't I know it (Woo)
Man, my chance is this music, Momma, I'm not gonna blow it (Nope)
Kiss my daughter on her forehead, tell her Have a nice day (Love you kiddie)
I'm a full-time father, couldn't see it another way (Nope)
All my homies is men, see, we take care of our kids (Yeah)
They call us dumb-ass niggas 'cause we don't know what a deadbeat is (Ha ha ha)
To my niggas behind them walls (I love you Marcus) makin' three-way calls
I love you all, don't fall, stand like a man, don't crawl (Let's go)
Keep your chin up and your nose up like you stuck up and say Fuck off (Yeah)
Long as you love yourself, never put no one above you (Never)
Look at them now, they just wanna see you drown (Wooh)
And they love it when you down, you a king, wear your crown (Yep)
Don't give Pennywise all that clown (nope), please don't show 'em no attention (Ooh)
'Cause they whole life (yeah) is determined by they likes and mentions
Don't ever give up your faith (nope), don't let 'em smile in your face (Nope)
Don't let 'em sit at your table, don't let 'em eat off your plate
And keep faith 'cause baby (Yeah)

[Chorus: Cali]
You give me power (You give me power)
And you make me happy (So happy, yeah)
There ain't no love like ours (Like ours, ain't no love)
And that's 'cause you give me power

[Verse 2: Skitzomichigan]
Uh, repeat after me (Yeah), I'm protecting my peace (Okay)
God watch over my brothers and my nephews and nieces (Do it)
Say a prayer for my sisters, baby, 'cause I got two (Yeah)
If it wasn't for family, I don't know what I would do (I don't know man)
I can't forget about you and all the trouble we cause (Come on)
I'm finna kick depression ass, I don't know about y'all (Join me)
Every time I experience trauma, somebody get richer (Yeah)
Appeal for this, appeal for that, I swear they just tryna kill us (Damn!)
If you got no one to talk to, you can reach out to me (Skitzo)
I'm extendin' my olive branch for this ghetto therapy (Come on, come on)
I got my license in the streets (get it), if you ain't heard, I'm certified
Daily positive affirmations, they the creator, I'm alive
The greatest gift of all, I start believin' in me (Yep, I did that)
A little kiss to my Aunt Jackie, you've been a blessin' to me (I love you Auntie)
Man this all about happiness and some positive thinking (Okay)
I smoke weed but I slow down on my drinking (Ha ha)
That's my power (Yeah)

[Chorus: Cali]
You give me power (You give me power)
And you make me happy (So happy, yeah)
There ain't no love like ours (Like ours, ain't no love)
And that's 'cause you give me power

[Outro: Skitzomichigan]
Depression is not a weakness and you should not feel ashamed of a depression diagnosis. While major depression is a widespread mental health condition, it still requires attention. Talk to somebody and take your power back