I Surrender - R. Kelly

Yeah I know, y’know, what a calling is

I mean we all have a calling in our life, I believe

You know I’m from the dirt, man

I come up in these streets, went without eatin'

You know what I’m sayin'?

Saw my mom go without eatin'

I got tired of that I had to go out there

In them streets and hustle, you know?

I mean you know what I’m sayin'?

I mean it’s easy for y’all to say, y’know

Surrender your life, you know what I’m sayin'?

Give your life to God and all that

Y’know, that’s good and I believe in God

But when you got bills at your front door all the time

You know what I’m sayin'?

Kids screamin' «Daddy, Momma, where the food at?»

Man it makes it kinda hard to believe in

Y’know, and have faith in something that you can’t see

Even though you wanna believe

Y’all just gonna have to just pray for me

You know what I’m sayin'?

'Cause uh

Constantly my mind and my heart is racing

All by myself trying to solve all of these problems I’m facing

Looking to man, trying to find hope

But man will never know the depth of my struggles

I was depending on myself to give myself a hand

But when depending on myself fell and time again

And that’s why I’m standing here alone with no one else

Lord I realized that I can’t fight these battles by myself

I surrender, I surrender, I surrender to You, Lord

I surrender, I surrender, I surrender to You, Lord

I surrender, I surrender, I surrender to You, Lord

Coming out with both hands up, I surrender

Listen, I tried everything I could to make it work

But everything I seemed to try just made it worse

And every road that I’d go down there were no signs

Destination lonely with no peace of mind

I was depending on myself to give myself a hand

But when depending on myself fell and time again

And that’s why I’m standing here alone with no one else

Lord I realized that I can’t fight these battles by myself, I surrender

I surrender, I surrender, I surrender to you, Lord

I surrender, I surrender, I surrender to you, Lord

I surrender, I surrender, I surrender to you, Lord

Coming out with both hands up, I surrender

Won’t you guard the place around it?

There’s nowhere for me to go

Joy I have tried to find, see I’ve searched high and I’ve searched low

Said you walked throughout the building

So come and rescue me from this hell 'cause I can’t do it by myself

I surrender, I surrender, I surrender to you, Lord

I surrender, I surrender, I surrender to you, Lord

I surrender, I surrender, I surrender to you, Lord

I surrender, I surrender, I surrender to you, Lord

I surrender, I surrender, I surrender to you, Lord

I surrender, I surrender, I surrender to you, Lord

I surrender, I surrender, I surrender to you, Lord

I surrender, I surrender