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It'll Be Okay

by Jacob Nash

on What If - EP (2015)

[verse 1]
My whole family would probably look at me as if I were crazy
If I were to tell them that I maybe feel like I should try rapping
So I haven't even told either of my parents about
How I'm rapping, because they might even pass out if they found out
I'll probably never actually tell everybody about me rapping
Unless I sign to a label or put out an album or something
Because look at me; I'm just a white kid from North Dakota
This is a farming community. Maybe I should move to Minnesota
I'd like to go to Minneapolis, but I couldn't justify moving yet
Unless I'm going back to college or finding a deal I might get
My situation seems hopeless, because I don't know anything about this
I don't know the first thing about how to become a professional recording artist
Am I supposed to keep working on it and taking time to practice?
Or do I start showing my music to labels and trying to get noticed?
I just don't know how I'm supposed to pursue this. I need some advice
I've got to find some way to get through with this and move on with my life
This song isn't about my life though. This song is about hope
You can never give up hope even if you're at the end of your rope
And I'm at the end of mine right now. I've got to figure out how
To move forward from this situation that I'm stuck in right now
When you're at your lowest and your life is at its hardest;
When everything seems hopeless is when you need to be strongest
You need to do your best not to notice any of your problems
Try shifting your focus to each of your blessings

[hook]
No matter how hopeless it may seem today
Just keep doing your best and it'll be okay
Don't listen to the negativity that anybody may say
God can get you through anything, so don't be afraid to pray

[verse 2]
To all of you who don't want to have to live another day
Because you're sick of life and all of the problems that won't go away
Maybe you've been angry for so long that you no longer feel anything
It must be like some kind of self defense mechanism or something
You felt so bad for so long that you quit feeling anything at all
And now you're cutting your wrists and banging your head into the wall
You'd rather feel pain than nothing. It reminds you that you're living
So you've resorted to practicing self mutilation
You're bleeding and it's hurting, but at the same time it feels good
They'd think you're a freak, but you're just misunderstood
The only reason you're cutting is because you need an escape
It seems like it's either that or unleashing a heart full of hate
I guess there is one other option, but that one is turning to drugs
What you really need is a hug. You've forgotten what it's like to be loved
You'd ask someone for a hug, but you'd feel like less of a man
But it isn't manly to cut and you don't have any other plan
To heal yourself from your pain. You might cry yourself to sleep tonight
You've got to keep your head up and muster up your might
Your life might be messed up, but you can never give up
Life doesn't get better on its own. You've got to make your own luck
You can't kill yourself or let yourself doing anything drastic
Tomorrow can't get any worse than today, so don't worry or panic
Just look forward to the future. Relax, be patient
And do whatever it'll takes for you to improve your situation

[hook]

[verse 3]
This song goes out to everybody who's unemployed or homeless
This goes out to every drug addict and victim of divorce
This goes out to everybody who's ever been abused by a rapist
This goes out to everybody diagnosed with a terminal illness
It's only natural for us to have all kinds of questions about this
Like why doesn't God intervene and do something about this?
Well, there are so many questions and I don't have many answers
But I do know that we should be thankful. Things could always be worse
People are always quick to ask why bad things happen to good people
But what about all the good things that happen to bad people?
Good things happen to everybody too and if you haven't been thankful
Then what right do you have to be upset when your life isn't well?
According to the Bible, we're all deserving of hell
So even though we may be miserable, we should see the cup as half full
So I'm going to take the time to count every blessing of mine
I'm going to keep a positive attitude, even when I'm not feeling fine
It's so easy for everybody to complain about everything and whine
But that kind of an attitude isn't a good state of mind
Instead of focusing on what's bad, focus on how you can improve it
It's pathetic to just throw a fit, instead of trying to fix it
It's only natural to be upset, but you need to push on and live
Make the most out of whatever situation you're in
And even if you're hopeless and nobody else cares about you
Just know that even if that is true, God does care and he loves you too

[hook]