Headie One - I'm Thankful Lyrics

I really could have died before my first album, let alone my second
Just rolled them on freedom, even breathing is a blessing
In the trenches I've exceeded everything that was expected
I could change the way this started, but I'll change the way it's ending
All them nights in prison might just have been the best thing
My life's a movie, you can't see this on all Netflix
I thought my life was over when my sentence got extended
Made millions off that sentence, could have been another sentence
I come too far to look up to the Lord and not thank him all
Wait till I'm on a case to ask him for a penance
I can handle all my enemies, protect me from my bedrooms
I lost two smokes last week, security's expensive
Remember sleeping in a rental, listening to instrumentals
Same card in my mouth, that's why I'm banking all the pebbles
Twenty-four shift fam, I'm downing all the Red Bull
Not that same nigga there selling out the venue
More time, more stressful, and I still feel resentful
I realized everything that happened, it was meant to
I stayed tryin', I rap about progression
But I hold on to the past, the time comes, you gotta let go

To my pa I say, "Thank you", my aunt I say, "Thank you"
H&P, every single guy, I say, "Thank you"
The sergeant that put me in those cuffs, I say, "Thank you"
I got done dirty by a judge, I say, "Thank you"
The tough times I went through, ain't coincidental
Broken home and broken heart is what gave me my breakthrough
I pray to the Lord, this future's nothing like my past
If only you could see my heart, you'll know I'm thankful

How do we define the word "successful"?
I'm in this mini mansion, I ain't sleeping tonight
And it's the most enemies that has been my whole life
I made more money than I thought I'd lead my whole life
And every time I need a sum, I go read 35
It's tighter than my biceps because it gave me strength
I know there's way more to life than just the ends
But you can catch me sat back on the glide before I sit on any fence
Had to hurry down the skim, make sure it fires like it's Brent
When you come up off a Zed, though, this is hard to comprehend
How much times I fall like Fins, this guy on left
If you see me fall nine times, I'm guaranteed to stand up for the tenth
Bodies on the pavement, they cover them with tent
They hittin' generals with a blame game, make it make sense
To say, "Be careful what you wish for"
I'm a superstar with war, at least I'm better off than before

To my pa I say, "Thank you", my aunt I say, "Thank you"
H&P, every single guy, I say, "Thank you"
The sergeant that put me in those cuffs, I say, "Thank you"
I got done dirty by a judge, I say, "Thank you"
The tough times I went through, ain't coincidental
Broken home and broken heart is what gave me my breakthrough
I pray to the Lord, this future's nothing like my past
If only you could see my heart, you'll know I'm thankful