Tennessee
Quest for Truth: Navigating Life's Challenges in Tennessee
Lyrics
Lord, I've really been real stressed, down and out, losing ground
Expressing intense stress, feeling down, and losing ground in life.
Although I am black and proud, problems got me pessimistic
Despite being proud of being Black, facing problems that make the speaker pessimistic.
Brothers and sisters keep messin' up, why does it have to be so damn tuff?
Expressing frustration with fellow brothers and sisters making mistakes, questioning the toughness of life.
I don't know where I can go to let these ghosts out of my skull
Feeling lost and seeking a place to release inner struggles.
My grandma past my brother's gone, I never at once felt so alone
Mentioning the passing of the grandmother and the absence of a brother, feeling profound loneliness.
I know you're supposed to be my steering wheel, not just my spare tire
Addressing a higher power as a guiding force, not just a backup plan.
(Home!) But Lord, I ask you
Seeking guidance from the Lord, expressing a strange reason for being guided to Tennessee.
(Home!) to be my guiding force and truth
-(Home!) For some strange reason it had to be
-(Home!) he guided me to Tennessee
-(Home!) Take me to another place, take me to another land
Expressing a desire to escape and understand the higher power's plan, seeking solace and healing.
Make me forget all that hurts me, let me understand your plan
-Take me to another place, take me to another land
-Make me forget all that hurts me, let me understand your plan
-Lord it's obvious we got a relationship
Acknowledging a relationship with a superior being, communicating in a friendly manner.
Talkin' to each other every night and day
-Although you're superior over me
-We talk to each other in a friendship way
-Then outta nowhere you tell me to break
Being instructed to move to Tennessee, connecting with ancestral roots, and seeking guidance.
Outta the country and into more country
-Past Dyesburg and Ripley
-Where the ghost of childhood haunts me
-Walk the roads my forefathers walked
-Climb the trees my forefathers hung from
-Ask those trees for all their wisdom
-They tell me my ears are so young (Home)
-Go back, from whence you came (Home)
-My family tree, my family name (Home)
-For some strange reason it had to be (Home)
-He guided me to Tennessee (Home)
-(Home!) Take me to another place, take me to another land
Repeating the desire to escape, forget pain, and understand the divine plan.
Make me forget all that hurts me, let me understand your plan
-Take me to another place, take me to another land
-Make me forget all that hurts me, let me understand your plan
-Now I see the importance of history
Reflecting on the importance of history, questioning societal issues, and seeking enlightenment and truth.
Why my people be in the mess that they be
-Many journeys to freedom made in vain
-By brothers on the corner playin' ghetto games
-I ask you, Lord why you enlightened me
-Without the enlightenment of all my folks
-He said, cuz I set myself on a quest for truth
-And he was there to quench my thirst
-But I am still thirsty
-The Lord allowed me to drink some more
-He said what I am searching for are
-The answers to all which are in front of me
-The ultimate truth started to get blurry
-For some strange reason it had to be
Expressing the revelation that it was all a dream about Tennessee.
It was all a dream about Tennessee
-(Home!) Take me to another place, take me to another land
Reiterating the plea to be taken to another place, forget pain, and understand the higher power's plan.
Make me forget all that hurts me, let me understand your plan
-Take me to another place, take me to another land
-Make me forget all that hurts me, let me understand your plan
-Oh, won't you let me, won't you help me
-won't you help me understand your plan
-Take me home, take me home, home, take me to another place
-Take me home, take me home, home, take me to another place
Final plea to be taken home and to another place.
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