[Intro]
Yeah, yeah.
Ask not what has life got to give
But what we've got to give
We become what we choose to be
Each decision adds up to becoming our own masterpiece or a tragedy
Learn from our pain, transmute it into love
Get to better to know the guy above
Inside and without but never go without his love
Of this I have no doubt

[Verse 1 — Rest & Witness]
My hardest rhymes came from my hardest times
And the darkest nights on my knees where I prayed to god listen carefully
That answered prayer just come from your own heart
I've been walking through the valley, I've been walking through the fire
Every step I took was leading me up higher
They tried to break me down, tried to take my soul
But I found the rest that made me whole

I stopped the running, stopped the chase
Found the stillness in the space
Between the breaths, between the beats
Between the chaos in the streets

[Chorus — The Six Pillars]
I rest, I witness, I deposit what I can
I love, I guard, I'm present as a man
I rest, I witness, I deposit what I can
I love, I guard, I'm present as a man

[Verse 2 — Deposit & Love]
Every choice I made, every step I took
Every page I wrote, every bridge I shook
They thought I'd crumble, thought I'd fall
Thought I'd answer when they called
But I was building something real
Something that they couldn't steal

I deposited the truth when they wanted lies
I deposited the love when they wanted cries
I deposited the peace when they wanted war
And I kept on giving more and more

Because love is the frequency that breaks the chain
Love is the shelter in the rain
Love is the answer they can't explain
Love is the reason I remain

[Chorus]
I rest, I witness, I deposit what I can
I love, I guard, I'm present as a man
I rest, I witness, I deposit what I can
I love, I guard, I'm present as a man

[Bridge — The Darkness & The Light]
I learned from my pain, I transmuted it into love
Got to better to know the guy above
Inside and without, never go without his love
Of this I have no doubt

The darkest nights brought the brightest days
The hardest falls showed me the ways
That I could rise, that I could stand
That I could be a better man

The answers I was seeking were inside my own chest
The peace I was searching for was already in my rest
The love I was chasing was already in my heart
The witness was there from the start

[Verse 3 — Guard & Be Present]
I guard the field, I guard the flame
I don't play their losing game
I protect what I've built, I protect what's mine
I walk the line, I hold the line

I'm present in the moment, present in the now
I don't bow to them, I don't take the vow
Of silence that they want me to take
I'm awake, I'm awake, I'm awake

Present in my body, present in my breath
Present in the face of death
Present when they try to break me
Present when they try to shake me

[Chorus]
I rest, I witness, I deposit what I can
I love, I guard, I'm present as a man
I rest, I witness, I deposit what I can
I love, I guard, I'm present as a man

[Verse 4 — The Masterpiece]
We become what we choose to be
Each decision adds up to becoming
Our own masterpiece or a tragedy
I chose the masterpiece

I took the pain and made it art
I took the broken and the scarred
I took the pieces and I built
Something real, something guilt-free

Not perfect, but real
Not finished, but healed
Not the same as I was before
I walked through the fire and I came back for more

The masterpiece is not the end
The masterpiece is the friend
That walks with you through the dark
That lights the way and leaves its mark

[Outro]
Ask not what has life got to give
But what we've got to give
We become what we choose to be
Each decision adds up to becoming
Our own masterpiece or a tragedy

I chose the masterpiece
I rest
I witness
I deposit
I love
I guard
I am present

The field holds
The witness stands
The masterpiece is in my hands