Words Are Weapons

(专辑： Words Are Weapons - 2023)

Hard times create strong men
And we need some strong men during these tough times
Not posers, not cowards
Who look good, sound good, but have no substance at all
Impostors who can talk a good talk
But crumble under the first sign of pressure
Buckle up and don't cry if I hurt your feelings
But the harsh reality of truth can set you free
If you take heed to it and are willing to change

My wife fell in love with me, my family was restored
My businesses exploded, my family life expanded
My son, from my first marriage, who had not talked to me for 16 years
Became my friend and chose me
My life became something that mattered
But it required me to let go
You want to build big things
You've been trained for days
Given the tools, given the access
Given the resources
But the one thing that Russell or I or no one can give you
Is a commitment to you

Faithful are the wounds of a friend
But deceitful are the kisses of an enemy
The truth will set you free
Not sugar-coated white lies from your mommy
I'm not here to be your friend or your buddy
I'm your mentor, here to inspire ye
So suck it up, snowflake, and give me 100%
Give me all you got
Because you've been stuck in neutral and it's time to kick it into third gear
The US Constitution doesn't guarantee happiness
Only the pursuit of it

There was a vision that was placed in my heart
A vision that began years ago
A vision that nobody believed in the beginning except for me
I was crazy enough to think
That this voice that I heard was calling me
People asked me, were you called
I was like, I don't know
But I sure feel like I am
And so I'm gonna choose it

The truth is not found by every man
But reserved for those who seek it
And if you seek, you will find
Wake up, brother
Your woman's begging for you to lead
Take the charge, be the man

My wife used that phrase over and over again
Why can't you just be the man
What I didn't understand was it wasn't a form of how I showed up sexually
It wasn't how I showed up in conversation
It was a commitment to be the truth of who I am
The peace that she saw in me when we had first met
But I had forgotten, I had letting go of
I was afraid of, I was embarrassed by

Don't be lured in by pleasure-seeking distractions
By weak men and women
Sin will take you further than you want to go
And keep you longer than you want to stay
If you want to be great, it's time to rise up and seize the moment
Opportunity is kicking your door down
A man with purpose doesn't need an alarm clock
His drive and sense of destiny wakes him up
It activates you and keeps you focused into the late night
You don't get tired or bored from it, it becomes your obsession

So people say, how did you get the ring
How did you hit the 10 million dollar rank
I'll tell you how, I started with one simple game
That was simple, tell the truth

While others slow down, you speed up
When friends say take a break, you keep going
It's not work for you
They don't understand that you love doing this
Time stops as you live your dream
There's no word in Hebrew for retirement
There is joy in work
A little sleep, a little slumber, a little folding of the hands to rest
And poverty will come like a thief in the night
And scarcity like an armed robber
Stop lying to yourself

You don't have to be me
You will lose at that game
But there is one game that you cannot lose in
There is one game and all of you have been called
All of you have been called
A calling is not bestowed upon a man or woman
Because you were lucky, because of the color of your skin
Because of the language that you speak
Because of the country that you were born in
Or because you are here in this room
The calling comes because you were called when you were born

We need dads in the home
Instead of generations of weak men raised by women and no fathers
I would know, I was one of them
But you gotta love yourself first
The man who does not value himself cannot value anything or anyone
If you're sitting in this shade today
It's because someone planted a tree a long time ago
You can have anything you want in this life
As long as you help enough people get what they want
Serve people and the money will come

And into that place comes the sacred choice
The choice is simple
You've been called
But will you choose it
And will you choose it not once
In a room where everybody applauds you
Will you choose it when people persecute you

It's time to focus on big dreams
Big goals and big ideas
And stimulate your vision ten times larger than you ever imagined
It's not death a man should fear
But he should fear never beginning to live
So go all in
Be strong and courageous