(A voice in the crowd tell me hold on and be still)
A voice in the crowd tell me hold on and be still
I can't understand it now, can you tell me what the deal is?
Or show me how to feel when
My mama try to hide it but I can see in her eyes
Shame is a stain, a pain I can recognize
My brother try to hide it but I can tell by his tone
By the time he pull up in his ride, every tear had dried
Or when my sis call and rush me off of the phone
I ask what's going on, she like Andre I'm just tired
Then choose not to vent, I knew just what she meant
She hung up, I called back a couple times it had went
It went to voicemail, I couldn't even give her my 2 cent
Now I'm anxious do I even get a choice still?
I guess I'm suppose to feel like it happens
For a reason I can't even imagine
Show me a reason
A reason why to stay
Show me where we stand
Is it all in your plans (all in your plans)
Please take my hand
I just need a reason
When a fiend get high for the first time in awhile
When a bullet fly by and strike a innocent child
When he drink at night he turn to beating his wife
When a killer turn around and try to take his own life
When the system fail and it's not so black white
Fill up all the jails
Never mind an empty cell in sight
When everything go according to plan
When it's a reason we may never understand
I can't wrap my head around it
I tried to take a step back and I feel surrounded
How can I feel so empty and empathy for everyone
My perspective is certainly bounded, yet uncertainty can be uncanny
Someone said fear's a lack of understanding
Or of knowledge my ignorance was abolished
The moment I lost the upper hand
I realize I don't have no control
As far as my actions I get a choice
I recognize in this world I'm an instrument
But only The Most High can make sense of it, I knew I recognized the voice
It be hard to hear it between thoughts that cross
And all the world's interference, perhaps I truly am lost
I guess it's suppose to feel like I'm rapping
I can't understand how I feel, thanks for asking
Show me a reason
A reason why to stay
Show me where we stand
Is it all in your plans (all in your plans)
Please take my hand
I just need a reason