"One Step Ahead" lyrics
(feat. Akil Dasan)
I love learning, I love being wrong
Changing my mind is how I keep it strong
I think it's profound to find common ground
People gonna feel respected when I'm around
Respect dignity that's what I'm about
Devoted to truth and love, let's talk it out
Using truthful words to work problems out without pressure
That's what I'm talking 'bout
We deserve respect
We could try to play selfish games to waste time
Or find a way
To define respect so we don't complicate our assessment of claims
When we contemplate
Others are as important as I am
No-one controls me better than I can
There's always room for growth and improvement
Criticism has value it's therapeutic
One step ahead
One step ahead
One step ahead
One step ahead
Priceless beyond remuneration
Your life the way that your words truly sacred
If they decide your worth is not guaranteed
Count on me to speak up for you family
Allow us to explore the truth candidly
So we can plan to prosper through calamity
So we can tactfully employ strategies
That enable us to thrive throughout tragedies
We decide our fate, it's less a magistrates
Don't allow hate to define how we navigate
Use logic
Shape and calibrate our perception of facts
That we can validate
Let's get up nobody owes us abuse
Identify now what we hope to improve
Make a plan and devotion to truth
Tighten up if the focus is loose
So let it go like I opened a sluice
One step ahead
One step ahead
One step ahead
One step ahead
I should want for you what you want for me
We should exchange words with dignity and honesty
A healthy respect for our autonomy
Brings us together in sublime harmony
So break cycles, lead by example
Be thankful, be flexible as ankles
Don't violate the rights that others trample
Share the spirit of love, hate could never cancel
One step ahead
One step ahead
One step ahead
One step ahead
One step ahead
One step ahead
One step ahead
One step ahead
Changing my mind is how I keep it strong
I think it's profound to find common ground
People gonna feel respected when I'm around
Respect dignity that's what I'm about
Devoted to truth and love, let's talk it out
Using truthful words to work problems out without pressure
That's what I'm talking 'bout
We deserve respect
We could try to play selfish games to waste time
Or find a way
To define respect so we don't complicate our assessment of claims
When we contemplate
Others are as important as I am
No-one controls me better than I can
There's always room for growth and improvement
Criticism has value it's therapeutic
One step ahead
One step ahead
One step ahead
One step ahead
Priceless beyond remuneration
Your life the way that your words truly sacred
If they decide your worth is not guaranteed
Count on me to speak up for you family
Allow us to explore the truth candidly
So we can plan to prosper through calamity
So we can tactfully employ strategies
That enable us to thrive throughout tragedies
We decide our fate, it's less a magistrates
Don't allow hate to define how we navigate
Use logic
Shape and calibrate our perception of facts
That we can validate
Let's get up nobody owes us abuse
Identify now what we hope to improve
Make a plan and devotion to truth
Tighten up if the focus is loose
So let it go like I opened a sluice
One step ahead
One step ahead
One step ahead
One step ahead
I should want for you what you want for me
We should exchange words with dignity and honesty
A healthy respect for our autonomy
Brings us together in sublime harmony
So break cycles, lead by example
Be thankful, be flexible as ankles
Don't violate the rights that others trample
Share the spirit of love, hate could never cancel
One step ahead
One step ahead
One step ahead
One step ahead
One step ahead
One step ahead
One step ahead
One step ahead
