Test Of My Faith-Petey Pablo

[ti:Test Of My Faith] [ar:Petey Pablo] [al:Diary Of A Sinner: 1st Entry] [by:] [offset:0] [00:00.00]Test Of My Faith - Petey Pablo [00:04.04]Petey here [00:08.66] [00:10.23]I wanna tell I'm dead broke and I'm 'bout to go crazy [00:16.17]Half a tank of gas two cigarettes [00:19.64]Scrapping up change in the ashtray [00:22.83]Then the voices its only a test of my faith [00:29.65]It was only [00:32.71]Damn there's a song for that ni**a down south [00:35.15]That I was tellin' y'all about yo check this ni**a sh*t out [00:38.21]Remember that song I told you came on sounding like [00:40.71]He was talking about everything in my life [00:43.05]How he was at a point in his own [00:45.45]And the problem seemed to be taking a toll [00:47.37]He been fightin' so long [00:48.79]Seemed like everything he did went wrong [00:50.67]But he found the strength to keep on going [00:52.61]And wrote songs about it later on [00:54.51]I know this sh*t hit me home [00:56.06]Especially when he was talkin' about the money he owed [00:58.75]How he took the bills and he paid a little somethin' on each one [01:02.11]Like he'd put somethin' on his light bill somethin' on his phone [01:05.07]He'd get a lot of money in here he paid a little more [01:07.73]He ain't have it all so he just paid what he could on it [01:10.64]And somehow he managed to keep all this stuff going [01:13.06]It was nothin' but a grace to the Lord [01:15.24]Carolina I remember an' I was [01:16.47]Dead broke and 'bout to go crazy [01:20.78]Half a tank of gas two cigarettes [01:24.25]Scrapping up change in the ashtray [01:27.13]And the voices it's was only a test of my faith [01:34.48]It was only [01:37.29]Say it seemed like every time he got himself off the ground [01:40.01]Somethin' would come and knock him right back down [01:42.17]Sometimes he wanted to lay on out for the count [01:44.74]Frustrated and tired but he got on up anyhow [01:47.67]And with a smile I'm talking about [01:49.77]It makes ya ask yourself how he could then he broke down and said [01:54.34]"I ain't never been this happy in my life [01:57.99]Ain't got a dime more than I had but everything seems alright" [02:04.88]Then they said he went low having a joy of a piece of mind [02:10.38]Meant more than any problem I had [02:13.96]At a time and now I know and I'm so glad [02:20.41]It was only a sign of the time [02:25.85]It was only asking me why should I cry [02:31.23]It was only saying "Be glad your alive today" [02:36.93]It was only only a test of my faith [02:43.26]Man he went and sang that song [02:44.75]Play this sh*t every morning just to get my little day goin' [02:48.24]You just don't know how this had touched my soul [02:50.18]To find out I wasn't the only one that been through so [02:52.60]Almost that exact same something it eased me up [02:55.39]Knew what it was just couldn't put it in words [02:58.28]I ain't never been the type that really talk to nobody [03:00.90]So all the problem I had I just kept it all inside me [03:04.05]Y'all had enough of your own to worry bout [03:06.66]Not the little situation I had going on [03:09.00]But you know God won't let you suffer to long [03:11.50]I ain't even have the radio on I was out on the porch [03:14.73]Then boom From the Heavens above [03:17.00]Just when I was at that point and I was just about to mess up [03:20.74]Man Buddha played a song for me 'cuz [03:22.84]I just shook my head like uh uh uh uh [03:25.37]Dead broke and 'bout to go crazy [03:30.38]Half a tank of gas two cigarettes [03:33.82]Scrapping up change in the ashtray [03:37.22]And the voices it's was only a test of my faith [03:44.31]It was only [03:48.46] [03:52.26]It was only a sign of the time [03:57.76]It was only asking me why should I cry [04:03.07]It was only saying "Be glad your alive today" [04:08.79]It was only only a test of my faith