Released: September 4, 2020
Songwriter: Stevie Wonder Rogét Chahayed Big Sean
Producer: Rogét Chahayed
[Spoken Word: Stevie Wonder]
Hey, this is Stevie
I was blessed to be raised in the west side of Detroit
I lived on Breckenridge, that was the first home that we lived in
My neighborhood, where I was raised up
When the girls came around, I would sing
On the front porch, beating on the stairs and singing
For hours and hours upon hours
Seeing a piano for the first time
But the amazing thing as well is
Through those experiences, I was able to understand how
My being blind because my mother allowed me to be free
Didn't mean that I had to be blind to the world
I may have had a visual disability
But did not stop my vision inside me
I didn't know what it was like being poor
Because God had made me rich
Even before I was born
Rich with the spirit of knowing that
Anything you imagine that's for the good is possible to be a reality
Because a few weeks before I was discovered, I-
I had a dream that I heard my music, my record on the radio
I had nothing out, no one knew who I was, and, um
Amazing, it really happened
And so you know, it's just, it's...
I- I- I can say to other young people as I said to my son Kailand
I said, "Listen, what you don't understand
Is that God gave you a brand even before you were born
All you had to do in life is walk into it."
Hey, this is Stevie
I was blessed to be raised in the west side of Detroit
I lived on Breckenridge, that was the first home that we lived in
My neighborhood, where I was raised up
When the girls came around, I would sing
On the front porch, beating on the stairs and singing
For hours and hours upon hours
Seeing a piano for the first time
But the amazing thing as well is
Through those experiences, I was able to understand how
My being blind because my mother allowed me to be free
Didn't mean that I had to be blind to the world
I may have had a visual disability
But did not stop my vision inside me
I didn't know what it was like being poor
Because God had made me rich
Even before I was born
Rich with the spirit of knowing that
Anything you imagine that's for the good is possible to be a reality
Because a few weeks before I was discovered, I-
I had a dream that I heard my music, my record on the radio
I had nothing out, no one knew who I was, and, um
Amazing, it really happened
And so you know, it's just, it's...
I- I- I can say to other young people as I said to my son Kailand
I said, "Listen, what you don't understand
Is that God gave you a brand even before you were born
All you had to do in life is walk into it."
more tracks from the album
Detroit 2
- Don Life
- Everything That’s Missing
- Guard Your Heart
- The Baddest
- Time In
- FEED
- Friday Night Cypher
- Story by Stevie Wonder
- Still I Rise
- Harder Than My Demons
- Story by Erykah Badu
- Body Language
- Wolves
- Lucky Me
- Full Circle
- Respect It
- Deep Reverence
- ZTFO
- Lithuania
- Why Would I Stop?
- Story by Dave Chappelle
From the albums
- Detroit 2 (2020)
- Detroit 2: Blessings (2020)
Big Sean popular songs
- Control
- I Don’t Fuck With You
- Blessings
- Bounce Back
- Beware
- Dance (A$$) (Remix)
- No Favors
- I Know
- One Man Can Change the World
- Guap
- Paradise (Extended)
- Play No Games
- Moves
- Sacrifices
- Ashley
- Friday Night Cypher
- Jump Out the Window
- Living Single
- Voices In My Head / Stick to the Plan
- Deep
- Halfway Off the Balcony
- MILF
- No More Interviews
- Deserve It