Words Are Weapons ft. Garrett J White Lyrics

Hard times create strong men

And we need some strong men during these tough times

Not posers, not cowards

Who look good, sound good, but have no substance at all

Impostors who can talk a good talk

But crumble under the first sign of pressure

Buckle up and don't cry if I hurt your feelings

But the harsh reality of truth can set you free

If you take heed to it and are willing to change

My wife fell in love with me, my family was restored

My businesses exploded, my family life expanded

My son, from my first marriage, who had not talked to me for 16 years

Became my friend and chose me

My life became something that mattered

But it required me to let go

You want to build big things

You've been trained for days

Given the tools, given the access

Given the resources

But the one thing that Russell or I or no one can give you

Is a commitment to you

Faithful are the wounds of a friend

But deceitful are the kisses of an enemy

The truth will set you free

Not sugar-coated white lies from your mommy

I'm not here to be your friend or your buddy

I'm your mentor, here to inspire ye

So suck it up, snowflake, and give me 100%

Give me all you got

Because you've been stuck in neutral and it's time to kick it into third gear

The US Constitution doesn't guarantee happiness

Only the pursuit of it

There was a vision that was placed in my heart

A vision that began years ago

A vision that nobody believed in the beginning except for me

I was crazy enough to think

That this voice that I heard was calling me

People asked me, were you called

I was like, I don't know

But I sure feel like I am

And so I'm gonna choose it

The truth is not found by every man

But reserved for those who seek it

And if you seek, you will find

Wake up, brother

Your woman's begging for you to lead

Take the charge, be the man

My wife used that phrase over and over again

Why can't you just be the man

What I didn't understand was it wasn't a form of how I showed up sexually

It wasn't how I showed up in conversation

It was a commitment to be the truth of who I am

The peace that she saw in me when we had first met

But I had forgotten, I had letting go of

I was afraid of, I was embarrassed by

Don't be lured in by pleasure-seeking distractions

By weak men and women

Sin will take you further than you want to go

And keep you longer than you want to stay

If you want to be great, it's time to rise up and seize the moment

Opportunity is kicking your door down

A man with purpose doesn't need an alarm clock

His drive and sense of destiny wakes him up

It activates you and keeps you focused into the late night

You don't get tired or bored from it, it becomes your obsession

So people say, how did you get the ring

How did you hit the 10 million dollar rank

I'll tell you how, I started with one simple game

That was simple, tell the truth

While others slow down, you speed up

When friends say take a break, you keep going

It's not work for you

They don't understand that you love doing this

Time stops as you live your dream

There's no word in Hebrew for retirement

There is joy in work

A little sleep, a little slumber, a little folding of the hands to rest

And poverty will come like a thief in the night

And scarcity like an armed robber

Stop lying to yourself

You don't have to be me

You will lose at that game

But there is one game that you cannot lose in

There is one game and all of you have been called

All of you have been called

A calling is not bestowed upon a man or woman

Because you were lucky, because of the color of your skin

Because of the language that you speak

Because of the country that you were born in

Or because you are here in this room

The calling comes because you were called when you were born

We need dads in the home

Instead of generations of weak men raised by women

And no fathers

I would know, I was one of them

But you gotta love yourself first

The man who does not value himself cannot value anything or anyone

If you're sitting in this shade today

It's because someone planted a tree a long time ago

You can have anything you want in this life

As long as you help enough people get what they want

Serve people and the money will come

And into that place comes the sacred choice

The choice is simple

You've been called

But will you choose it

And will you choose it not once

In a room where everybody applauds you

Will you choose it when people persecute you

It's time to focus on big dreams

Big goals and big ideas

And stimulate your vision ten times larger than you ever imagined

It's not death a man should fear

But he should fear never beginning to live

So go all in

Be strong and courageous