Petey here 
I wanna tell im dead broke and im bout to go crazy 
half a tank of gas, two ciggaretts  
scrapping up change in the ashtray 
then the voices its only a test of my faith  
it was only 
 
Damn theres a song for that nigga down south 
That i was tellin y'all about yo check this nigga shit out 
Memba that song i told you came on sounding like 
He was talking about everything in my life 
How he was at a point in his own  
and the problem seemed to be taking a toll 
He been fightin so long 
seemed like everything he did went wrong 
But he found the strenghth to keep on going 
and wrote songs about it later on 
I know this shit hit me home 
especially when he was talikin about the money he owed 
how he took the bills and paid a little somethin on each one 
like he'd put somethin on his light bill, somethin on his phone 
he'd get lil  money in here he paid a lil more 
he aint have it all so he just paid what he could on it 
and somehow he managed to keep all this stuff going 
It was nothin but a grace to the lord  
Carolina i remeber an i was 
 
dead broke and bout to go crazy 
half a tank of gas, two ciggaretts  
scrapping up change in the ashtray 
and the voices its was only a test of my faith  
it was only 
 
Say it seemed like every time he got himself off the ground 
Somethin would come and knock him right back down 
Sometimed he wanted to lay on out for the count 
frustrated and tired but he got up anyhow 
and with a smile i'm talking about  
it makes ya ask yourself how he could then he broke down and said 
I aint never been this happy in my life, aint got a dime more than i had 
but everything seems allright, then they said he went low 
having a joy of a piece of mind, meant more than any problem i had 
at a time, and now i know and i'm so glad  
it was only a sign of the time 
it was only asking me why should i cry 
it was only saying be glad your alive today 
it was only (only)  a test of my faith 
 
man he went and sang that song 
play this shit every morning just to get my little day goin 
You just dont know how this had touched my soul 
to find out i wasnt the only one that been through so 
allmost that exact same something it eased me up 
knew what it was just couldn't put iy in words 
i aint never been the type that really talk to nobody 
so all the problem i had i just kept it all inside me 
Y'all had enough of your own to worry bout 
Not the little situation i had going on 
but yano god wont let you suffer to long  
i aint even have the radio on i was out on the porch  
then boom! from the heavens above  
just when i was at that point and i was just about to mess up 
man buddah played a song for me cuz 
i just shook my head like uh uh uh uh 
 
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[Thanks to  MxKid14@hotmail.com  for these lyrics]