Overcoming the struggle
Rising out of this trouble
Overcoming the struggle

Coming out of this tunnel
Rising out of this puddle
Caught in this hustle, locked in this puzzle
Just trying to ride this out in this vessel

You’re the real thing there’s no mistaking you,
That’s why I give thanks for every day that you make it through
People had given up saying I hate to break it to you
I thank God He was there when the rest had forsaken you

How many nights I couldn’t sleep, awake
Hoping the streets they would keep you safe
A leap of faith
The abyss is deep, pondering escape

I couldn’t see at all in the crystal ball
But I kept a prayer in my soul
Like a candle in a shrine to shine
Others had gone out a long time, but not mine

The strength that you found to pass it
That you would rise back from the ash pit
A phoenix rising from the nadir to the zenith
Reborn, the critics can’t believe it

So you’ve seen it all then, now you’ll try living again
So much love let it permeate in

Overcoming the struggle
Not held down by this trouble
Overcoming the struggle

Pushed down this funnel
Trapped in this bubble, lost in this juggle
Settle it & shoulder it
This burden, can’t lose control of it

To see you spend an evening, alone with your demons
Screaming it out till you’ve reached an agreement
We’ve got you back now to this place, remember it now
Work your way back here, remembering how

Overcoming the struggle
Not held down by this trouble
Overcoming the struggle

I remember seeing them bring him in in chains
Orange jump suit fingerprints on my brain
Injustice a shame, justice a dream
Courthouse play the blame game

Overcoming the struggle
Not held down by this trouble
Overcoming the struggle