LYRICS (What I Can Do)

The courage to change... the things I can...

It affects us in different ways but the pain is the same end result
that remains that we hope it would change - and then there's
the fatigue that we wish that it would leave - and medicine
make ya feel better then - when it hurts - but for some like me
it makes it hurt worse - acupuncture helps sometimes (plus)
havin a positive mind and healthy diet - I try it - it helps me
to survive it - I've realized it - there's so much that I can't do
but so much that I can do (echoes) it's how I think - so I don't
sink - into that slinking stinking thinking - my opinion how
I'm living is the only way of thinking - what we're given's like a
prison - no cure and no prescriptions get rid of it - ya gotta
learn to live with it - it ain't the prettiest - the grittiness
is ridiculous but for me the life lessons is limitless
if riddled with this affliction it's for you that I'm singin
I try not to sink into depression and remember
my blessings - and I try to carry that message (echo)
(managin my pain... managing this thing)

This is for my people with fibromyalgia - I have it too
and you feel like people won't believe you - I know how it go
'cause I deal with it too - pain we feel is true - I deal with it too

One evening in my first support group meeting - she told me
to focus on what I can do - and now - that's what I plan to do
it's true - I stand strong like bamboo - despite what I'm feeling
and despite what you hearing - it's real - and it's lame
how some people don't believe that something exists
if they ain't have the same pain - it's a shame but I gain
from the doctor that explained the pain wax and wane
and may not stay the same - so when it hurts I be thinking
it could change any minute - its opened my eyes
I've hosted so many meetings - so I could try to help others
when I help another it helps me to get by and makes me feel
that I have a purpose providing service to those that need it
I believe it - it's a whole new way of life and it's nice
to help others who deal with the same type

Lady Gaga has it - it's real and it's dramatic - it make me have
to practice what I preach - so I can keep my sanity - it's how
I manage the thing that has damaged me - it's moving 'cause its
made me improve and become a better person - and the curse
can be a blessing - I guess that's the lesson I've learned as I've
turned from being self centered - self centric I said I meant it
helpin others makes me feel best and I'm invested in this message
Collateral Beauty is a movie that moved me I relate to losing see
the adversity - showed me what my purpose be with urgency
(I) can't do a lot at once - I break it up - its called 'pacing'
in my rhymes I'm explaining how I'm dealing with my pain and
I'm remaining appreciative - maintaining my creative
state of mind - I'm inclined to empathize with the kind
that's afflicted with this disease that we survive while we alive