[00:43.73]It seems like a lifetime,
[00:45.71]since I felt like a prisoner of my dreams. (yeah)
[00:54.41]It took such a long time,
[00:56.17]for me to realize just how to be,
[01:01.31]and to listen to me.
[04:04.89][03:59.50][03:54.18][03:32.46][03:22.32][03:11.22][02:51.78][01:46.42][01:21.67][01:13.26][01:03.18]
[01:04.22]People think I'm not thankful,
[01:06.83]'cause me I've got my hands full,
[01:09.61]of good things. (oh)
[01:15.45]And I hope I can give back,
[01:17.43]a little bit of what you've given me.
[03:33.61][01:25.51]So thank you for standing right by me,
[03:38.63][01:30.70]So thank you for being behind me,
[03:44.29][01:36.12]And watching me grow and letting others know,
[03:50.03][01:42.04]that you still believe in what I'll be.
[02:50.94]Ha.
[02:52.20]So people have said things and times,
[02:54.93]about me that wasn't always true,
[03:02.20](ooh yeah)
[03:02.59]But you've always been there,
[03:04.53]to give that extra love to pull me through,
[03:08.74]to do what I gotta do.
[03:12.23]There'll always be those ups and downs,
[03:14.98]but you always seem to stick around and see,
[03:17.44]and see me through to believe.
[03:22.77]Yeah,
[03:23.66]I hope I can give back a little bit of what you've given me,
[03:30.31]You give me all that I need.
[03:55.82]It took awhile 'til I got to do what I wanted,
[03:57.90]And now I'm so happy that it's started where we started.
[04:00.09]I'm thanking God that I could be in a position,
[04:02.37]to do my own thing now,
[04:03.83]and make my own decisions.
[04:05.24]I'm thank you for being true,
[04:07.77]and standing by me through and through.