Give Up
MADELIFE
WRITTEN BY
DERRICK CHRISTIAN
The poem “Give Up” is from the forthcoming “Common Sense”
short film written, directed and styled by Derrick Christian.
If you want to be a winner then you’re going to have to give up
So when fear demands that you surrender and yells, “This is a stick up!”
Don’t run, it’s got a gun and you’ve got more than enough to call its bluff
So, reach deep down in your pockets, but just reach around all the good stuff
Because it’s time to give up
Give up excuses
But you say, "Excuses are tools of the
incompetent used to build monuments of
nothingness..."…And yeah brothers and
sisters we can all spit it
But when your future is on the line does
it cross your mind or do you drop and
forget it?
Remind yourself that when pledging
things to memory in times of fear
is why it's embedded, embedded,
embedded
Don't stutter step, step up to the plate
and bat so no swing is ever regretted
Because learning good sayings to use
when bad times get worse is the reason
you learned them first
They're there to remind you that you're
well prepared, not to prove that you're
capable of being well rehearsed
I can do all things through Christ who
strengthens me is more than just a bible
verse
It was created to be stated to split red
seas that waited to stop some from
obeying their thirst
And in Sprite
I mean, in spite
Of deep waters estimated, raising a staff
vacated what stood between a man and
freedom
Exert your self esteem
Feel underrated but situated over rocky
waters are congratulations stationed for
you when your work
Your hesitations are over weighted, throw
them overboard
Board dreams you're chasing
Branch out from the comfort zone where
you're perched
I'll translate it
When you're tested through troubled seas
then notably you'll see you won't flinch
when sprinkles of drama will squirt
So pay excuses no mind, you're valuable,
don't be comfortable left behind
Spending them means giving up on your
worth
So men, get it out of your wallets
Ladies dig it out of your purse, it's the
thing you need to give up first
Excuses
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