"Be Great" lyrics
(feat. Trombone Shorty)
All my life
I wanted to do good
Wanted to be good
Wanted to feel free of a history that made me cry
And stumped my stride
So I changed my mind
I doubled down on believin'
That the opinions of other people
Couldn't light my light
Nor deter my sight
Nor wrong my rights
Nor guide my life
Or delay my flight
I'm flying high now
Up above on the clarity of love
I only get what I put into it
I spend my sweet time where I deem fit
I got one life
I'ma let my glow show
Baby, look at this
The embodiment of soul glow, I admit
Paint my own pictures, gifts on gifts on gifts
Let the load lift, let the words shift
I ain't here to live in fear or just plain ol' exist
I'ma go head and be great, why not?
I'ma go head and be great, why not?
What you listenin' to them for?
Born to soar, born to be more
Let them keep score if they need to
I'ma go head and be great, why not?
Ooh, this road be high and low
Write honestly as I go
Ain't nothin' owed to me far as I can see
Stay grateful and faithful, everything on my table
I goes high 'cause I'm able
Fables of love, some say of me
Please, I was there in entirety, got hurt sometimes, child, that's the way it be
I won't give up on love and never on me, never
See, what I'm about to do
Is I'ma walk into this room and I'm gonna let them see God, Jehovah's will, all over me
And there ain't nothing they can do about it, baby
I'ma go head and be great, why not?
I'ma go head and be great, why not?
What you listenin' to them for?
Born to soar, born to be more
Let them keep score if they need to
I'ma, I'ma go head and be great, why not?
Why not, why not, why not?
I'ma go head and be great
I'ma, I'ma
I wanted to do good
Wanted to be good
Wanted to feel free of a history that made me cry
And stumped my stride
So I changed my mind
I doubled down on believin'
That the opinions of other people
Couldn't light my light
Nor deter my sight
Nor wrong my rights
Nor guide my life
Or delay my flight
I'm flying high now
Up above on the clarity of love
I only get what I put into it
I spend my sweet time where I deem fit
I got one life
I'ma let my glow show
Baby, look at this
The embodiment of soul glow, I admit
Paint my own pictures, gifts on gifts on gifts
Let the load lift, let the words shift
I ain't here to live in fear or just plain ol' exist
I'ma go head and be great, why not?
I'ma go head and be great, why not?
What you listenin' to them for?
Born to soar, born to be more
Let them keep score if they need to
I'ma go head and be great, why not?
Ooh, this road be high and low
Write honestly as I go
Ain't nothin' owed to me far as I can see
Stay grateful and faithful, everything on my table
I goes high 'cause I'm able
Fables of love, some say of me
Please, I was there in entirety, got hurt sometimes, child, that's the way it be
I won't give up on love and never on me, never
See, what I'm about to do
Is I'ma walk into this room and I'm gonna let them see God, Jehovah's will, all over me
And there ain't nothing they can do about it, baby
I'ma go head and be great, why not?
I'ma go head and be great, why not?
What you listenin' to them for?
Born to soar, born to be more
Let them keep score if they need to
I'ma, I'ma go head and be great, why not?
Why not, why not, why not?
I'ma go head and be great
I'ma, I'ma
