Man in the Mirror

I am thinking about the future
and all that lies ahead
I just want to rap about my life
it's not all about the bread
I am here thanking God
that I am not dead
Because suicidal thoughts have been surrounding me in my bed

I've sat in my room praying to God asking him to take it away
Only to be left laying there in dismay
My heart has been broken I was taking it day by day
This cannot be the end but I just wanted to fade away

It got so low I did things that I never thought I would do
What do you do when you become the very person you just wanna shoot?
Nicotine and alcohol in my system I was lost looking for a clue
But I'll stop there tho I'm just glad God showed me how to pull through

Looking ahead to the future
It doesn't seem all that clear
But I know big things are near
For now I'm just facing off with the man in the mirror

Looking ahead to the future
It doesn't seem all that clear
But I know big things are near
For now I'm just facing off with the man in the mirror yeah

Man in the mirror aye
Facing off with the man in the mirror
Man in the mirror
Yeah I'm facing off with the man in the mirror

Believe me I have felt alone and completely abandoned
Nobody reaching out to me yet my arms end open handed
I've started isolating myself it's like an island and i am stranded
Looking for something more but getting nothing that's candid

I never realized how lonely this music biz could be
It's got me locked up inside myself but here's the crazy thing
I rap into a mic to affect hundreds but it's only me
Think on that for a moment while I get back to being me

Imma dive into this head first
There may be pain but I've had worse
Man I've got blood on all my black shirts
From killing these records I'm comin out the dirt
I am looking at all the lessons I've learned
I've grown a lot now that's for sure
For all this chaos I hope a God has a cure
Now I gotta go back to face the man in the mirror

I'm looking ahead to what the future holds
To those days fans know all my words
To when we're raging and sweat out our shirts
God it's all in your timing I just gotta trust in your works

Looking ahead to the future
It doesn't seem all that clear
But I know big things are near
For now I'm just facing off with the man in the mirror

Looking ahead to the future
It doesn't seem all that clear
But I know big things are near
For now I'm just facing off with the man in the mirror yeah

Man in the mirror
Facing off
Man in the mirror
Facing off, facing off,
I'm facing off with the man in the mirror