Half a tank of gas, two cigarettes
It was only
It was only, only a test of my faith
It was only a sign of the time
Meant more than any problem I had
Frustrated and tired but he got on up anyhow
And the voices it's was only a test of my faith
Sometimes he wanted to lay on out for the count
Dead broke and 'bout to go crazy
How he was at a point in his own
Carolina I remember an' I was
How he took the bills and he paid a little somethin' on each one
At a time and now I know and I'm so glad
And with a smile I'm talking about
He'd get a lot of money in here, he paid a little more
Say it seemed like every time he got himself off the ground
Ain't got a dime more than I had but everything seems alright"
You just don't know how this had touched my soul
He been fightin' so long
Especially when he was talkin' about the money he owed
Then they said he went low having a joy of a piece of mind
Then boom! From the Heavens above
That I was tellin' y'all about yo check this nigga shit out
So all the problem I had I just kept it all inside me
Seemed like everything he did went wrong
Man he went and sang that song
It was only a sign of the time
"I ain't never been this happy in my life
Scrapping up change in the ashtray
I just shook my head like uh uh uh uh
It was only saying, "Be glad your alive today"
Almost that exact same something it eased me up
It was only saying, "Be glad your alive today"
I ain't never been the type that really talk to nobody
And the voices it's was only a test of my faith
It was only asking me why should I cry?
It was nothin' but a grace to the Lord
He was talking about everything in my life
Y'all had enough of your own to worry bout
It was only
Play this shit every morning just to get my little day goin'
Half a tank of gas, two cigarettes
And somehow he managed to keep all this stuff going
But you know God wont let you suffer to long
Somethin' would come and knock him right back down
Dead broke and 'bout to go crazy
Man Buddha played a song for me 'cuz
It was only asking me why should I cry?
Scrapping up change in the ashtray
Half a tank of gas, two cigarettes
Like he'd put somethin' on his light bill, somethin' on his phone
And the problem seemed to be taking a toll
Scrapping up change in the ashtray
But he found the strength to keep on going
To find out I wasn't the only one that been through so
Then the voices its only a test of my faith
Remember that song I told you came on sounding like
Damn there's a song for that nigga down south
I ain't even have the radio on I was out on the porch
Knew what it was just couldn't put it in words
It makes ya ask yourself how he could then he broke down and said
He ain't have it all so he just paid what he could on it
It was only
Not the little situation I had going on
And wrote songs about it later on
I know this shit hit me home
Just when I was at that point and I was just about to mess up
