It Is What It Is Lyrics

I was mainly sad

I was rarely glad but y'all couldn't see

Burnin' all these bridges

That I built to keep me from the sea

Latency, people I love closest put they stakes in me

If they saw my change in actions

They might start replacing me

Y'all was supposed to keep my world together

When it starts to quake

Tryna hold my shattered dreams alone

Was somethin' I couldn't take

Led me down a course of action

Typically I'd never make

And maybe it was a mistake

I remember all the late nights

Stressin' over problems I couldn't control

Tryna fix them was always the goal

Things that were out of my hands

Always dug into my soul

Slowly created a hole

Till I started sayin' it is what it is

And kept on repeatin' the phrase

Knowin' I ain't got the power to do what I wanna

Why stress anyways

Had to get out my feelings

Put on a smile

So I don't stress out my folks

It's tradition to speak on the demons you fightin'

And then play it off as a joke

Step, step, step by step

Take it step by step by step

You gotta let it go

Step, step, step by step

Take it step by step by step

Accept that it is what it is

Step, step by step

Take it step by step by step

You gotta let it go

Step, step, step by step

Cuz it is what it is

I come from a culture where it is tradition to dance for the dead

And bury the body the following morning

The sequence will mess with my head

As a child, I ain't understand

But the spirits are helping me learn

Same reason people tend to bury the body

Or put the ashes in the urn

We act differently when we in grief

Then you combo that pain with belief

And then hope that it gets you relief

And then hope that it gives you relief

In Naija, see we typically dance

Or you sat at a table with tears

See me when I am given the chance

I step for my fam and my peers

I hope when you hear this lil' melody

It gets you onto your feet

I hope that you listen and dance to the beat

I hope that you think of me fondly

And it makes you wanna repeat

I hope you accept me admitting defeat

I hope you accept that my time was complete

If I'm being honest, I'm having regrets on the loss

But I cannot come back and compete

I hope when you hear this lil' melody

It gets you onto your feet

I hope that you listen and dance to the beat

I hope that you think of me fondly

And it makes you wanna repeat

I hope you accept me admitting defeat

I hope you accept that my time was complete

If I'm being honest, I'm having regrets on the loss

But I cannot come back and compete

Step, step, step by step

Take it step by step by step

You gotta let it go

Step, step, step by step

Take it step by step by step

Accept that it is what it is

Step, step by step

Take it step by step by step

You gotta let it go

Step, step, step by step

Cause it is what it is