Clarity

Lyrics

[Intro] Sometimes you can just be in a funk creatively or you know, as a person and it's like there's a fog around you and you can't see out of it, but, that's part of the journey Hm, patient, this beat done took its time Well, then so do I [Verse 1] Look, uninspired, under-fire Now somebody's gettin' fired Terrified, paralyzed, Twitter game verified Married life, very fire Understand I'm on demand Undermanned, the Son of Man or Son of Sam Somewhere in between the two, been meaning to Spend the evening, be with you Oh I know, I need it too Do I believe, believe I do On my faith walk, took the cynic, I mean the scenic route Get lost, I be aloof, Adidas on, still need the boost What was the Eden fruit? I'll ask Him when I see Him Daily bread, that's per diem, but I'm fastin' like a BM Ridin' past ya in the P.M. in a stolen car, that's fleein' from the scene of a crime Apollo Creed, in his prime Rocky verses, I'm a person that's tryna believe I'm worth it I'm workin' through it, but work is, well, work, but well worth it It's hella churches still hell is workin' fine What's that tell us, fellas hurtin', it's like melanin a crime That's the elephant we hide Truthfully, we probably lied Rather have a tribe than unity, so you and me divide I'm hellish and divine I'm trellis and the vine I'm tellin' me, "I'm fine, I'm fine, I'm-" I know better [Pre-Chorus] All I, all I want is clarity, clarity 'Cause all of my heroes are frauds just like me, just like me So let every man be a liar, let only God be true And all of your heroes are frauds just like you [Chorus] I can't see through that smoke in the air That's the smoke in the air That's that smoke in the air All that smoke in the air [Interlude: Madeleine L'Engle] The value of doubt is to keep you open to God's revelations If you don't doubt, you don't change If you have to have finite answers to infinite questions Uh, you're not gonna move [Verse 2] Yeah, built my life on this (Huh) Half my adult life unlearnin' Lies that I heard in a dumb sermon What I unearth got me uncertain More knowledge and more sorrow Worryin' that never fixed tomorrow Just take away all my strength today It was black and white, but now paint with gray Maybe that cloud that I've been stuck in I constructed, I conduct it Orchestra of noise, I don't hear your voice I done made a choice, my consumption A TV, tablet, tweetin', twerkin', grammin', gamin', rappin', workin' Fashion workin', workin', workin', workin' Can't tell if I (Lost) My mind or just made it (Lost) My faith or misplaced it (Lost) My pain or upgraded Lost my happy thought, then I got jaded (Lost) Focus in my direction (Lost) In details and perfection (Lost) All my faith in white Jesus and my leaders (Found) They weren't who I thought all these years (Found) They weren't even worthy of tears (Found) The opposite of faith ain't doubt It's when I get it all figured out Some days you gettin' all my trust Some days I can feel so empty Some days I feel like You love me Some days I feel like You left me [Interlude 2: Madeleine L'Engle] The second I'm furious with God, I'm totally close Because you cannot be furious with somebody who's not there [Pre-Chorus] All I, all I want is clarity, clarity 'Cause all of my heroes are frauds just like me, just like me So let every man be a liar, let only God be true And all of your heroes are frauds just like you [Chorus] I can't see through that smoke in the air That's the smoke in the air That's that smoke in the air All that smoke in the air Through that smoke in the air That's the smoke in the air That's that smoke in the air All that smoke in the air [Outro: Madeleine L'Engle] I want God to wrap me in the everlasting wings and say "There there, it's alright" And that cosmic affirmation of "Yes, I know it's terrible, I know it hurts, but be patient, it's gonna work out I'm not gonna lose, I'm gonna win, it's alright." And that's the, the, the basic affirmation that I think only true doubters can come to