Chords for Kirk Franklin Let It Go

My mama gave me up when I was four years old.
She didn't destroy my body, but she killed my soul.
Now it's [F] cold, cause I'm sleeping in my back seat.
Understand the spirit's willing, but my flesh is weak.
Let me [Dm] speak.
I never had a chance to dream.
Ten years old and finding love in dirty magazines.
Miss [Am] December, you remember?
I bought you twice.
Now I'm 30 plus and still paying the price.
Had a sister that I barely knew.
Kinda got separated by the age of two.
Same [F] mama, different daddy, so we couldn't fake it.
I saw my sister's daddy beat her and they caught me naked.
Take it [Dm] serious, the demons in a man's mind.
The same man on rape charges, now we doing time.
Crack [Am] followed, end like daddy prison, 13 years.
Haven't seen her, but she's treated to his fears.
Shout, we shout, who there? _
[F] Who there, there ain't ain't no things I can do.
So [D] come on, _ _ now I'm [Dm] talking to you.
So [Am] come on, _ _ _ _ _ _ we shout, who there?
Sex was how I made it through,
when I said I wanted to teach you love,
what else is there to do?
See where I'm [F] from they call you gay, say you ain't a man.
Show them you ain't no punk, get all the girls you can.
I set up a [Dm] plan that still haunts me even to this day.
back to 17 and got a baby anyway.
No [Am] GED, all I see is failure in my eyes.
If you're listening and remember, I apologize.
I was raised calling in the church,
made mistakes and heard the Lord's calling in the church.
After [F] service on the parking lot getting high,
wanting to be accepted so bad I was willing to die.
Even [Dm] tried to tell the pastor but he couldn't see.
Years of low self-esteem and insecurities.
Church [Am] taught me how to shout and how to speak in tongues.
The preachers teach me how to live
not when the tongue is done.
_ _ Shout, shout, let it. _
_ [F] These are things I can do without.
So [D] come on, _ I'm [Dm] talking to you.
So [Am] come on.
Listen to me.
_ Talking to you.
Speak, speak.
We are all survivors.
We are all survivors.
I just [F] wanna let go.
_ We are all survivors.
I just [Dm] wanna let _ go.
We are all survivors.
Yeah, it's [Am] night time.
Just wanna let go. _ _ _ _
Jesus, please on my knees, can't you hear my crying?
You said to put it in your hands
and Lord, I'm really trying.
[F] You was a lion when you said you reap what you sow.
Like that night mama died, it's hard to let it go.
You [Dm] adopted me, cared for me, changed my name.
But I cursed at you, lied to you, and left you pain.
[Am] It's not strange, I can still see it in my head.
To know for hours you were lying there in that bed.
If you're listening to this record,
if it's day or night, your mama is still living.
Treat your mama right.
[F] Don't be like me and let that moment slip away.
And be careful, because you can't take back what you say.
[Dm] To my real mama, if you're listening, I'm letting it go.
To my father, I forgive you, because you didn't know.
[Am] That the pain was preparation for my destiny.
And one more thing, Lord,
let my son be a better man than me.
You shout, shout, shout.
Letting _
_ [F] _ _ things I can do without.
I'm trying to let it go.
So come [D] on.
Can't you hear me?
I'm [Dm] talking to you.
I'm talking to you.
[Am] _ _ You in the corner.
You in the back.
Come on.
_ Shout, shout.
_ You don't have to take your [F] life.
_ _ _ _ You don't have to cut your wrist.
[Dm] You don't have to hide behind sex. _ _ _
_ [Am] _ _ _ Come on. _
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