LYRICS (Curses to Blessings)

Mistreatment that I got as a kid - taught me to be compassionate

I see that as a gift - in the past and since - I've learned the lesson of perception

and this is progression - remembering - that life is 10% of what happens

and 90% that's how you look at it - in my mind it's a habit - it's like magic

positivity can be infectious - and Jay I can say I attest to this - when it's a mess

it's a gift - in time I'd find on my way - in my raps (now) I turn and try to give 

this away for free - it gets me out of me - you see - it's not all about me

it's the we I try to help and get out of my self and my learned selfishness

I try to learn selflessness - and learned that this is the best type of gift that in 

time converts curses into blessings showin up when 

Growin up learning lessons - seeing curses turn to blessings 3x

I guess that's the lesson I've assessed in my my adventures            CHORUS

This beat is like zen why pretend I don't do this music embedded in my heart

Why start to listen to those close minded blinded by stereotypes - I've learned

it's just rhymes - and everybody like rhymes - that's why we all use 'em to

remember - cause they're clever and appealing to the ear - why fear that I'm 

different? I'll embrace it as a gift - it's exquisite and a thrill - to not just be 

some type of run of the mill typical - not lyrical - I'd rather be aligned with 

the pinnacle - that'd be like a miracle for me - 'cause back in the days they'd 

say - Jay can't rap - and laugh behind my back - I was just tryin' to find my way

on track - it's bliss - 'cause now I can say - it - did - this - it fits like it's karma

now I'm armed with the ability - to make great tracks willingly - and rap 

skillfully - and have others relate through their pain and their mistakes and 

the growth - when it's tough and it's rough growin up

on the court - on the street - 5 feet - 6 inches - not tall when I was grown

but on the street I was known - for pounding (the ball) down the hole - rebounding

I was swole with the muscle from the hustle and the grind in the gym (weights)

damn - there goes the left handed man - it's a scam - I'm a righty but got mighty

when I broke my right thumb - and kept playing in a cast - learned to use my

left one - they get the display with both hands - Jay was the man banging boards

like a champ - like Horace Grant - there were cheers - till fibromyalgia ended 

my career - now I'm here on the mic - it feels right - like a blessing in disguise

in time I came to view it as a climb - as a high - as a rise - as if I found my 

purpose I could do until I die - I find curses can be blessings - a lesson at a time

that we don't wanna hear - full of fear in the mind - it resolves - time inches

and our problems get solved - on our way to finding purpose - things hurt us

we're resilient - in the searches for the meaning - the things that I've learned

all of it is leading - to being all types of selfless in my life

No duda  - amor - es el mas importante cosa - con mi esposa            OUTRO

(no doubt - love - is the most important thing - with my wife)

trato adaptar y trato cambiar - quiero aceptar y quiero mejorar          CHORUS 2

(I try to adapt and I try to change - I want to accept and I want to improve)