Thank You Daybreak

Let me sit and think for a minute
Daybreak was there for me when I was 16 years old
I was a homeless little boy and they brought me in from the cold
I was in the shelter and I stayed to myself in a deep dark hole

From the first day I walked in that place they had me in defense mode
I was ready to go home but home wasn’t the place for me
So I crawled out of my dark hole and they started talking to me
Asking me what I wanted to be in life but I had nothing to be

I was a boy with a bad past and my future was hard to see
I tried my best to stay there but I was just ready to leave
I had $5.00 in my pocket but that wasn’t enough to succeed
Buy me something to eat and I’ll be done, I’ll be left to the streets

So I stayed and tried to find out what could benefit me
They had an Independent Living program and that was something I liked
They helped me pay for everything the first few months, all your utilities and lights
I had no if’s, ands, buts, maybes, probablys, or mights
I jumped head first into the program and it changed my life

It came time when I paid rent and I was paying a price
I was living good, I can admit it, I was doing real nice
Then I lost my job and I didn’t want to tell them about that
So for five days I was riding around putting in 100s of apps

Sitting there waiting patiently by the phone but nobody called back
I got so scared to tell them I had an asthma attack
But it wasn’t so bad, because when I told them at last
They said “leave it behind, life goes on that job is gone, leave that in the past”

So they put me on the internet and I started working so fast”
Putting my resume out and they started calling at last
Four years later, I’m a man now and doing it right
High School Diploma, four trades and none of my money is tight

Maybe this rap thing is me, I’ve been doing it since I was a kid
But for right now, I’m saying “Thank You, let’s help some more kids.”