THIS IS IT I'M OUT

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THIS IS IT I'M OUT

This is it I'm out
can't do this no more, yet I gots' to
am that brother trying not to get broken,
that brother trying not to break nothing,
that brother who be giving breaks but I can't get one.

This is it I'm out
fresh out of chances though I still got to give more than one.
Chance favors the prepared mind,
best prepare me for one Lord,
am that brother looking for a chance,
can I get one

This is it I'm out
done being done though I eint done much,
need to do more, can I do more,
the more I give the more it takes,
Dear Lord can I give more.
Take it all just leave me enough to give.
Am that brother trying to be best I can be
Lord let me be that brother that does but never that brother that gets done for.

This is it I'm out
Don count me out,
stop counting coz numbers can't gauge me.
Am that brother trying to get my math right
figures be tight but I got to get this figured out
Take anything from me Lord just let be that brother to count on.

This it I'm out
give breaks can't get one
a chance at it all didn't get one
Eint about figures no more it about factors.
this is my life, my math,
so I just gots to factor that in and figure it out
that's it I'm outt.

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