Give Thanks Anyway

Give thanks (give thanks)
For the morning that I woke

Rent was late but the sun still came
Pocket light but I know my name
Mama prays and the kettle sings
Small, small blessing in everything
They keep score on the things you lack
I count the road that carried me back
Two good shoes and a heart that beats
Cornmeal porridge and a place to sleep

When the pressure leans on my shoulder blade
I don't run, I just kneel and pray
So I give thanks anyway

Give thanks anyway (anyway)
For the little I got
When the sky don't open blue
Give thanks anyway, I do

Anyway, anyway (give thanks)
No sunrise ever comes without a gift

Lost a friend and I lost a year
Still I'm standing and I'm standing here
Bank slip said no, but the mango tree fed
Callaloo in the pot and some fresh-baked bread
I've seen the strong man break and cry
I've seen the humble one still rise high
So I bow my head where the cook-smoke rise
And I thank the Most High for the fight

When the pressure leans on my shoulder blade
I don't run, I just kneel and pray
So I give thanks anyway

Give thanks anyway (anyway)
For the little I got
When the sky don't open blue
Give thanks anyway, I do

Count it, count it, one by one
The rain, the roof, the rising sun
When you got a little, a little is a lot
Give thanks for the plenty and give thanks for the not

Give thanks for the sun (give thanks)
Give thanks for the shade (anyway)
For the water in the pipe (give thanks)
And the fire in the stove (anyway)

Give thanks anyway (anyway)
For the little I got
When the sky don't open blue
Give thanks anyway, I do

For the little that carried me through
I give thanks anyway