Game Time

faith is the substance
of things hoped for
and evidence of things
not seen

so i took God at his word
no matter how absurd
it seemed
He made good on His promise
and gave me what I wanted:
another day to get right
and try to live out my dreams

the balls in my court now
so here it is: game time
with no charity stripe
and no free throw line

you have to bang in the paint
to create your own space
if 2nd guessing
takes 3 seconds
then that's a move you won't make
and you can't make progress
standing in place

what kind of race are you running
are you a movie
or a movement
stop all that acting
put on your Nikes
and just do it

they say practice makes prefect
I say practice has to start working
'cause practice won't make a difference
if it hides behind curtains
if you keep it to yourself
then you'll keep getting left
and if you can't get it right
then what's the point of being kept
at all

everybody isn't going to ball
but everybody has 2 options:
give up now
or give your all