Like You Taught Me

[Verse]  
I built my ground on solid rock/Countless hours spent on the clock/Been through the stages round the block/Hard work and dedication stocked/Now I've been working for my bread/Still can't see my dues been paid/Life's a bank just like you said/You get back what you gave  

[Pre-Chorus]  
I'm that spark that lights the flame/Ten toes down in the game/Step into the unknown lane/Life's too short for all this pain  

[Chorus]  
I hope you see how far I've come/I hope you see the battles won/Through all these years I'm still holding strong/Just like you taught me all along  

[Verse]  
To the love you brought my way/Truth you taught me day by day/Checking in to hear me say/How you kept my fears at bay/Remember nights I cried alone/You came and brought me back home/Long talks after youth group shone/No one else I would have known  

[Pre-Chorus]  
Set examples pure and true/Gave me standards to pursue/Caught me when I fell askew/Now I pray the same for you  

[Chorus]  
I hope you see how far I've come/I hope you see the battles won/Through all these years I'm still holding strong/Just like you taught me all along

[Break]

[Verse]  
All my questions you'd explain/Plans we made you never bane/Knees down crying in the rain/Comfort came to ease the pain/Never saw the day you'd leave/Got your own life to achieve/Took me time to truly grieve/Who would guide who'd help me breathe  

[Chorus]  
I hope you see how far I've come/I hope you see the battles won/Through all these years I'm still holding strong/Just like you taught me all along 

[Fade to End]

Soulful Hip-Hop and R&B, 1998 Vocals, 90s G-Funk, Key: Bb minor, EQ, Mix and Master