Black Clouds

I close my eyes, things are out of control

I don't know why, but they won't let me go

They'll rise and fall and fall

Black clouds, they'll come and go away

My life is a movie, scripted by Jesus

The picture is His journey, Christ is my witness

I've been through the pain and I've been through the struggle

And I've seen it all before, but yet I stay humble

As I walk through the valley of the shadow of death

I never feared no evil, I knew I was blessed

Now I'm thinking about the homeless little kids in the street

Going through the whole day, they ain't got nothing to eat

Why the world gotta be so cold?

Why the HIV virus gotta cripple the world?

Why my brother gotta fight for his soul?

And why did Nana Yaw die? He was just thirteen years old

I close my eyes, things are out of control

I don't know why, but they won't let me go

They'll rise and fall and fall

Black clouds, they'll come and go away

If you ask yourself a lot of questions when you're alone

And there ain't no answers coming, you relate to this song

You got dreams but when you ask, they never fulfill

And you mad at yourself and you're pissed at the world

Then the girl that you're loving tryna end what you have

She just say it ain't working, so you do the math

Dad left the family, he found another woman

So now you and mom struggling, she a strong ass woman

Robbery hit your household, you catch your moms crying

At the same time you hear your grandma is dying, damn

What kind of luck do you have?

Yeah, that's the life that I have

I close my eyes, things are out of control

I don't know why, but they won't let me go

They'll rise and fall and fall

Black clouds, they'll come and go away

I got stories about my life that you wouldn't believe

I went to the man above and I'm bending my knees

Asked Him to pardon my sins for leading the way

I poured my heart out to Him and started to pray

I've seen death, I've seen life, I pray next I see Christ

'Cause this journey that we on, we can never travel twice

When they hated, we were strong, yeah the reason for this song

'Cause I prayed through it all, now I'm standing on my own

Mama you can lift your head up, ain't no need to be embarrassed

I told you that I'd make it, I just need to be encouraged

Thanks for the love and the faith

I have God by my side, I watch them black clouds fade

I close my eyes, things are out of control

I don't know why, but they won't let me go

They'll rise and fall and fall

Black clouds, they'll come

They'll rise and fall

Black clouds, they'll come