[Verse 1: Tech N9ne]
How much of the trauma did mama get? Ayy
Way up to the highest level that drama gets, ayy
Through the pain of my mother, heartache was on a display
I don't want a sick day to my mama's dismay, ayy
Thinking of all of it, I never wanted a part of it
Remember I wanted to let go, when smoking, I managed to get low
It coulda been worse, like when I was talking to homies on a cellular phone up on death row
When I never had to serve a stretch so, I can still say "But I'm blessed, though"
But why did I have to hear mama getting beat
In third grade, so I couldn't really give him missing teeth?
But I knew from grandma that what you sow you're gonna freakin' reap
So he robbed a bank and got about 30 years in the pen' for the mission, peace
Blessed to get away, but stressed to this day
When checks hit a nay, no money, depressed and it's grey
But the family didn't stutter to pull her and the kid inside their homes
Sometimes it was butter and sugar sandwiches
Graduated to healthy n***as
Tryna protect this investment, moving like stealthy figures
All that poverty and pain it really helped me give a damn
It dealt me this killer jam, now wealthy I'm living grand, still, I felt these shivers
And the cold nights living through all the stresses
I'm feeling like I had a lifelong baby bib to protect me from messes
Around my neck so I'm safe as far as threats go
From the last row to the best flow, I can now say, "But I'm blessed, though"
[Chorus: Krizz Kaliko]
All of these things that get me down
I know it's gotta be an upside down , frown somewhere, yeah
If I can't pick my face up off the ground
And I don't know what's next, I holler, "But I'm blessed", woah
And all of these things that get me down
I know it's gotta be an upside down, frown somewhere, yeah
If I can't pick my face up off the ground
And I don't know what's next, I holler, "But I'm blessed", yeah

[Outro]
Under pressure, feel like God
No discussion when I pull that card
Until I see different
I know what I know
Under pressure, feel like God
No discussion when I pull that card
Until I see different
I know what I know (What I know)