WHO SAY I CAN'T?

WHY DO YOU DENY ME?
JUST BECAUSE I HAVE TRIPPED SEVERAL TIMES?
BUT I ASK, "WHO'S TO BLAME?"
I PRAY I NOT STAND IN MY OWN WAY----
I HAVE SEEN THIS PATH BEFORE.
I'VE SEEN THE SAME POSITIONS, 
THE SAME SCENES,
FELT THE SAME UNCOMFORT, 
AND TALKED ABOUT THE SAME DREAMS.

IF THERE IS NO STRUGGLE, IT'S NO PROGRESS.
I AIM TO BE MY BEST,
BUT YET, I OMIT MY BULL'S EYE.
I DON'T ACCUSE ANYONE. . .
I CAUSE MY OWN PERSONAL PAINS AND HURTS. . .
I DECIDED WHAT I WANTED TO BECOME---
NOTHING BEATS A FAILURE BUT A TRY.
I DREAM ABOUT A LOT, BUT DON'T STAY WOKE. . .
MAYBE I'M MISSING THE POINT WHY THE APOSTLES WROTE.

GRANDMA ALWAYS CALLED UPON A PARTICULAR NAME,
BUT I NEVER HEARD A RESPONSE.
MAYBE I WASN'T LISTENING,
OR MAYBE I WASN'T OBSERVING. . .
I WAS BORN IN DESPERATION, WHICH BECAME MY INSPIRATION---
YOU MIGHT THOUGHT I WAS ASLEEP WITH MY EYES CLOSED,
AND HEAD BOWED. . .
I JUST TRIED WHAT GRANDMA ALWAYS TOLD ME.
SAY A SILENT PRAYER, IT DON'T HAVE TO BE OUT LOUD.

THAT'S WHEN I REALLY FELT MY BLOOD CIRCULATE.
FELT THE JOY OF BREATHING.
FELT THE EMOTIONS OF OTHERS,
AND KNEW WHERE I WAS, INSTEAD OF BEING LOST---
I NOW STAND WITH STEADFASTNESS ON MY FOUNDATION,
BEING EDUCATED WITH KNOWLEDGE, WISDOM, AND UNDERSTANDING.
NOT CARING WHAT PEOPLE SAY...
I AM SOMEBODY, BORN WITH PURPOSE AND RANK.
SO I ASK YOU, "WHO SAY I CAN'T?"