Gratitude & Attitude

Lyrics

Burg City Records in Poetic Collaboration with tHE JB StUDiOs presents: Gratitude & Attitude (Thank You, Again & Again & Again) I — The Grateful Heart Acknowledgement of Thanks (spoken intro) Before I count my gain, I count the pain that taught me how to stand, before I claim the fame, I name the Hand that held my hand. I wake with praise, I break the haze, I raise my gaze to the morning sky, every grace I face today, I trace to the One Most High. You gave the breath, You paved the path, You saved me from the wrath of the night, You lit the lamp when the road was damp, and turned my cramp to flight. So let my tongue be strung with thanks, let every rank of my days be a song, be a throng, a long and loud amen of praise. I thank You, again and again and again, again and again and again and again. Hook Gratitude be my attitude, again and again and again, again and again and again and again. Thanks in the banks, thanks in the ranks, thanks for the planks that bridge the stream, Praise for the days, praise through the haze, a blaze of grace in every dream. Gratitude be my attitude, again and again and again, again and again and again and again. Verse 1: The Morning Thanks I rise with the skies, no disguise, my eyes wey open wide, Baba God, na You dey guide, na You dey stride right by my side. My cup no full, but my soul no dull, na the pull of Your love dey pour, bread for the table, strength to be able, na more than I ask for. Dem sleep and no wake, but the dawn still take me, so I bow my head and say "Thank You," no fall, no pall, no fear at all, na You hold me through! Small small blessing no be small, my friend, na seed wey go grow to a tree, the breath for my chest, na the best of the rest, na the key to "I am free." Pre-Hook If I get a lot, I thank a lot, if I get a little, I thank for the spot. If the road is rough, I say "Na enough," for the Hand wey hold me na tough. Hook Gratitude be my attitude, again and again and again, again and again and again and again. Thanks in the banks, thanks in the ranks, thanks for the planks that bridge the stream, Praise for the days, praise through the haze, a blaze of grace in every dream. Verse 2: The People Who Carried Me Mama dey pray, Papa dey stay, na so dem pave my way, Auntie for the stall, Uncle for the wall, dem hold me when I sway. Teacher with the chalk, friend wey dey walk, the one wey dey talk when I cry, dem na the hands, dem na the stands, na the strands wey lift me high. Thank You for the ones wey stay, and the ones wey don go away, their love na the glow, na the flow, na the roots wey help me grow. Every face wey I trace, every space, every embrace, na a gift in disguise, na the prize for my eyes, na the grace wey no go erase. Verse 3: Thanks in the Storm When the rain dey fall and the walls dey crawl, I still dey call Your name, when the pain dey chain and the strain remain, I thank You just the same. Na the fire wey refine, na the line wey align, na the sign say the shine dey near, the scar na a star, the mar na the bar wey show how far I come from fear. No be say I like the night, no be say I love the fight, but the light for my sight na the flight after the plight, and I know say e go be right. So I lift my hands, I understand the plans of the Master's Hand, grateful I stand, grateful I land, grateful I command my land. Verse 4: The Giving Back Gratitude no be word, na action wey dey heard, na the bird wey sing for the seed, na the share, na the care, na the dare to be there for the ones in need. Give the bread, mend the thread, lift the head, spread the Word, na the little wey you do, na the true wey go through, na the dew wey the day be fed. I thank by the way I live, I give by the way I forgive, I sing by the way I sing, I bring by the way I bring. So I bless and confess, I address no less, my success na Your grace, every breath, every beat, every street, every seat, na a thank-You for Your face. Final Hook (louder, full band, crowd joins) Gratitude be my attitude, again and again and again, again and again and again and again. Gratitude be YOUR attitude, again and again and again, again and again and again and again. Gratitude be OUR attitude, again and again and again, again and again and again and again. Closing Prayer (spoken, slow, soft band underneath) Father, Baba God, we thank You for the breath that woke us, the bread that fed us, and the road that taught us. Eyes-we-are-seeing-with, ears-we-are-hearing-with, Legs-we-are-moving-with, hands-we-are-building-with. Family-surrounding-me, friendship-supporting-me, People-correcting-me, GOD still directing me. We thank You for the ones who stayed, the ones who left, and the love that still glows. Teach our hands to give, our mouths to bless, and our hearts to keep thanking You in the plenty and in the little. Let gratitude be our attitude, today, tomorrow, again and again and again. In Jesus' name, amen.