Yesterday Has Passed Away

It's hard when you wake up and you can't do enough to impress yourself

Because the world you see on the outside makes you feel down about yourself

So you stand looking out the window with ambivalence and distress

But is it our duty to look good and always be the one to impress?

So I take a second to look back, and remember all that has set me back

Then move forward towards the sky on a fast track

Although I may fall to the ground because my knees ail me

And feel emotional because of the times that my heart has failed me

Those falters might break my exterior but can never derail me

They might injure my pride but will never ever stop me

To everyone who said I wouldn't make it to where I am

Thank you, your doubts have helped build me into a man

Although I now have a degree, there is much more to me

The perimeters of a paper won't define or change me

The faith and the heart is what is going to guide me

My mind pours strength into my hands to serve you see

Hope is so radiant

It's powers takes a grip on every brain and wrist it gets

The water in the river of Detroit is still beautiful and blue

I just hope the world can see its fruitfulness and truth

I was told to leave this world a better place than when I first saw light

It's a challenge that is well worth the fight

Why look out the windows waiting for change from the inside

When we all know that the true work is done on the outside

Looking out the glass waiting for the rain pass won't make the sun shine

Yesterday has passed away

Tomorrow is on its the way